Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Agriculture & Food, Industrial Investment and Energy & Utilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share declined 0.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Arabian Shield Coop Insurance Co (SE:8070), which rose 6.72% or 2.75 points to trade at 43.65 at the close. Arabian Pipes Company (SE:2200) added 6.38% or 0.72 points to end at 12.00 and Malath Cooperative Insurance Co (SE:8020) was up 5.71% or 0.85 points to 15.74 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tabuk Cement Co. (SE:3090), which lost 7.14% or 0.92 points to trade at 11.96 in late trade. Tabuk Agriculture Development Co (SE:6040) declined 4.04% or 0.55 points to end at 13.06 and Yanbu Cement Co. (SE:3060) shed 4.03% or 1.10 points to 26.20.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 89 to 81 and 7 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.30% or 0.16 to $54.06 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.45% or 0.27 to hit $60.40 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.05% or 0.62 to trade at $1272.42 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.02% to 4.3541, while USD/SAR fell 0.02% to 3.7496.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 94.66.