Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Industrial Investment, Retail and Multi Investment sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share lost 0.48%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Printing & Packaging Company (SE:4270), which rose 10.00% or 1.55 points to trade at 17.05 at the close. Saudi Research and Marketing Group (SE:4210) added 9.92% or 2.50 points to end at 27.70 and Saudi Real Estate Co. (SE:4020) was up 7.39% or 1.50 points to 21.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mouwasat Medical Services Company (SE:4002), which lost 9.48% or 13.75 points to trade at 131.25 in late trade. National Medical Care Company (SE:4005) declined 6.55% or 4.75 points to end at 67.75 and Dallah Healthcare Holding Company (SE:4004) shed 6.32% or 6.00 points to 89.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 123 to 36 and 10 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 1.73% or 0.75 to $42.66 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 1.32% or 0.59 to hit $44.16 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.20% or 2.45 to trade at $1221.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.75% to 4.0405, while USD/SAR fell 0.01% to 3.7500.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.69% at 99.67.