Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Industrial Investment, Multi Investment and Media & Publishing sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share declined 0.32%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Red Sea Housing Services Company (SE:4230), which rose 3.16% or 0.80 points to trade at 26.10 at the close. Halwani Bros (SE:6001) added 2.90% or 1.50 points to end at 53.25 and Electrical Industries Co (SE:1303) was up 2.44% or 0.60 points to 25.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fawaz Abdulaziz AlHokair Company (SE:4240), which lost 3.02% or 1.00 points to trade at 32.10 in late trade. Saudi Marke (SE:4006) declined 2.92% or 0.90 points to end at 29.90 and Riyad REIT (SE:4330) shed 2.86% or 0.40 points to 13.60.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 104 to 46 and 27 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.18% or 0.09 to $50.69 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.17% or 0.09 to hit $53.62 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.22% or 2.75 to trade at $1248.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.05% to 3.9976, while USD/SAR fell 0.01% to 3.7496.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 100.46.