Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Real Estate Development, Building & Construction and Cement sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share lost 0.66%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Jazan Development Co. (SE:6090), which rose 6.04% or 0.74 points to trade at 13.00 at the close. Saudi Pharmaceutical Appliances (SE:2070) added 5.40% or 1.28 points to end at 24.98 and Saudi Ceramic Co. (SE:2040) was up 4.07% or 0.72 points to 18.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Allianz Saudi Fransi Cooperative Insurance Company (SE:8040), which lost 4.97% or 1.24 points to trade at 23.72 in late trade. Al Sorayai Trading&Industrial Group (SE:1213) declined 4.90% or 0.50 points to end at 9.70 and Jabal Omar Development Company (SE:4250) shed 3.97% or 1.05 points to 25.40.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 141 to 36 and 11 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.51% or 0.32 to $63.24 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.51% or 0.37 to hit $72.58 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.08% or 1.05 to trade at $1276.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.10% to 4.1872, while USD/SAR rose 0.01% to 3.7501.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 97.760.