Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Building & Construction, Retail and Telecoms & IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share gained 1.50% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Ceramic Co. (SE:2040), which rose 9.77% or 2.35 points to trade at 26.40 at the close. United Wire Factories Company (SE:1301) added 9.50% or 1.90 points to end at 21.90 and Zamil Industrial Investment Co (SE:2240) was up 6.96% or 1.50 points to 23.05 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Saudi Cable Company (SE:2110), which lost 1.94% or 0.10 points to trade at 5.05 in late trade. Qassim Agriculture Co. (SE:6020) declined 1.25% or 0.10 points to end at 7.90 and Saudi Arabian Mining Company (SE:1211) shed 1.02% or 0.40 points to 38.80.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 149 to 9 and 11 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 1.07% or 0.47 to $44.54 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.81% or 0.37 to hit $45.95 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 1.21% or 15.75 to trade at $1288.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.72% to 4.1494, while USD/SAR fell 0.05% to 3.7502.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.72% at 97.64.