Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Transport, Energy & Utilities and Financial Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share declined 0.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Gulf General Cooperative Insurance (SE:8260), which rose 10.00% or 1.45 points to trade at 15.95 at the close. Tabuk Agriculture Development Co (SE:6040) added 9.58% or 1.15 points to end at 13.15 and Saudi Industrial Development Co. (SE:2130) was up 9.18% or 0.90 points to 10.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Arabian Pipes Company (SE:2200), which lost 5.12% or 0.75 points to trade at 13.90 in late trade. Dar Alarkan Real Estate Development (SE:4300) declined 3.94% or 0.25 points to end at 6.10 and National Gas & Industrialization Co (SE:2080) shed 3.64% or 1.00 points to 26.50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 90 to 58 and 21 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 1.81% or 0.86 to $46.78 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 1.67% or 0.82 to hit $48.22 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.54% or 7.15 to trade at $1329.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.94% to 4.1299, while USD/SAR fell 0.00% to 3.7503.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.86% at 96.45.