Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Hotels & Tourism, Retail and Media & Publishing sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share fell 0.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Allianz Saudi Fransi Cooperative Insurance Company (SE:8040), which rose 10.00% or 3.80 points to trade at 41.80 at the close. Red Sea Housing Services Company (SE:4230) added 9.78% or 2.20 points to end at 24.70 and Gulf General Cooperative Insurance (SE:8260) was up 9.65% or 1.50 points to 17.05 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Saudia Dairy and Foodstuff .Co (SE:2270), which lost 6.01% or 8.25 points to trade at 129.00 in late trade. Anb Insurance (SE:8011) declined 2.70% or 1.10 points to end at 39.70 and Saudi Company for Hardware (SE:4008) shed 2.56% or 2.50 points to 95.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 78 to 73 and 16 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 1.14% or 0.41 to $36.33 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 1.21% or 0.47 to hit $39.19 a barrel, while the April Gold contract rose 0.13% or 1.70 to trade at $1272.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.50% to 4.1079, while USD/SAR fell 0.02% to 3.7500.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.40% at 97.64.