Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Industrial Investment, Transport and Energy & Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share rose 0.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were National Industrialization Co (SE:2060), which rose 9.80% or 1.00 points to trade at 11.20 at the close. Sahara (SE:2260) added 9.57% or 0.90 points to end at 10.30 and Saudi Arabian Mining Company (SE:1211) was up 6.29% or 1.80 points to 30.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Saudi Enaya Cooperative Insurance (SE:8311), which lost 4.35% or 0.50 points to trade at 11.00 in late trade. Aldrees Petroleum & Transport Svcs (SE:4200) declined 4.16% or 1.60 points to end at 36.90 and Saudi Arabia Fertilizers Co. (SE:2020) shed 3.83% or 2.50 points to 62.75.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 80 to 72 and 16 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 4.22% or 1.76 to $39.95 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 3.97% or 1.71 to hit $41.39 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.58% or 7.20 to trade at $1241.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.24% to 4.2415, while USD/SAR fell 0.00% to 3.7501.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.10% at 94.59.