Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms & IT, Energy & Utilities and Agriculture & Food sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share gained 0.09% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Dur Hospitality (SE:4010), which rose 3.86% or 0.81 points to trade at 21.80 at the close. National Petrochemical Company (SE:2002) added 3.77% or 0.98 points to end at 27.00 and Allied Cooperative Insurance Group (SE:8150) was up 3.52% or 0.69 points to 20.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Arabian Cement Co (SE:3010), which lost 5.34% or 1.80 points to trade at 31.90 in late trade. Dar Alarkan Real Estate Development (SE:4300) declined 5.33% or 0.68 points to end at 12.08 and Al Sorayai Trading&Industrial Group (SE:1213) shed 4.45% or 0.69 points to 14.80.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 107 to 71 and 7 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.26% or 0.78 to $62.84 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.37% or 0.92 to hit $68.03 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.09% or 1.20 to trade at $1337.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.29% to 4.6189, while USD/SAR fell 0.01% to 3.7499.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 89.58.