Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Industrial Investment, Retail and Agriculture & Food sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share gained 0.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Marke (SE:4006), which rose 8.05% or 3.50 points to trade at 47.00 at the close. National Industrialization Co (SE:2060) added 5.08% or 0.60 points to end at 12.40 and Fawaz Abdulaziz AlHokair Company (SE:4240) was up 4.56% or 1.70 points to 39.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Al-Rajhi Cooperative Insurance (SE:8230), which lost 5.34% or 1.35 points to trade at 23.95 in late trade. AXA Cooperative Insurance Company (SE:8250) declined 4.38% or 0.80 points to end at 17.45 and Al-Ahlia Insurance Company (SE:8140) shed 3.30% or 0.30 points to 8.80.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 72 to 64 and 32 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 2.47% or 1.14 to $47.35 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 2.51% or 1.20 to hit $49.03 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 1.19% or 15.15 to trade at $1287.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.21% to 4.2495, while USD/SAR fell 0.00% to 3.7503.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.13% at 94.48.