Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Hotels & Tourism, Industrial Investment and Petrochemicals sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share declined 0.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Research and Marketing Group (SE:4210), which rose 6.10% or 1.80 points to trade at 31.30 at the close. Salama Cooperative Insurance Co (SE:8050) added 5.78% or 0.95 points to end at 17.40 and Saudi Industrial Investment Group (SE:2250) was up 5.03% or 1.00 points to 20.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Al Yamamah Steel Industries Co (SE:1304), which lost 3.53% or 1.00 points to trade at 27.30 in late trade. Dar Alarkan Real Estate Development (SE:4300) declined 3.03% or 0.20 points to end at 6.40 and National Agriculture Development Co (SE:6010) shed 2.98% or 0.90 points to 29.30.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 97 to 52 and 27 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.83% or 0.42 to $51.09 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.73% or 0.39 to hit $54.00 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.32% or 4.02 to trade at $1257.62 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.33% to 4.2168, while USD/SAR fell 0.01% to 3.7500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 96.85.