Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Transport, Petrochemicals and Energy & Utilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share declined 0.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Industrial Export Co (SE:4140), which rose 9.88% or 10.00 points to trade at 111.20 at the close. Samba Financial Group (SE:1090) added 6.45% or 2.00 points to end at 33.00 and National Com Bnk (SE:1180) was up 4.57% or 2.00 points to 45.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Saudi Indian Company Insurance (SE:8110), which lost 10.00% or 0.99 points to trade at 8.91 in late trade. Saudi Ceramic Co. (SE:2040) declined 9.05% or 2.00 points to end at 20.10 and Saudi Steel Pipe Company (SE:1320) shed 7.18% or 1.30 points to 16.80.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 158 to 23 and 5 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.13% or 0.09 to $69.03 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.28% or 0.22 to hit $79.56 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.09% or 1.10 to trade at $1224.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.29% to 4.3079, while USD/SAR rose 0.03% to 3.7525.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 95.68.