Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Real Estate Development, Financial Services and Retail sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share gained 0.59%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were National Gypsum Company (SE:2090), which rose 9.08% or 1.24 points to trade at 14.90 at the close. Nama Chemicals Co. (SE:2210) added 8.77% or 2.00 points to end at 24.80 and Saudi Real Estate Co. (SE:4020) was up 6.79% or 1.80 points to 28.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Electrical Industries Co (SE:1303), which lost 5.10% or 1.22 points to trade at 22.70 in late trade. United Electronics Company (SE:4003) declined 4.17% or 3.07 points to end at 70.60 and Saudi Industrial Services Co. (SE:2190) shed 3.98% or 0.56 points to 13.52.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 99 to 82 and 5 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.11% or 0.08 to $70.78 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.30% or 0.23 to hit $77.35 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.09% or 1.20 to trade at $1319.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.40% to 4.4969, while USD/SAR fell 0.02% to 3.7504.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 92.19.