Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Media & Publishing, Agriculture & Food and Petrochemicals sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share added 4.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Industrial Export Co (SE:4140), which rose 10.00% or 6.30 points to trade at 69.30 at the close. National Gas & Industrialization Co (SE:2080) added 10.00% or 2.60 points to end at 28.60 and Saudi Arabia Fertilizers Co. (SE:2020) was up 10.00% or 7.30 points to 80.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Al Baha Investment and Development Company SJSC (SE:4130), which lost 10.00% or 1.70 points to trade at 15.30 in late trade. Saudi Cable Company (SE:2110) declined 2.12% or 0.70 points to end at 32.30 and Etihad Atheeb Telecommunication (SE:7040) 0.00% or 0.000 points to 5.350.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 180 to 3 and 2 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.53% or 0.38 to $71.72 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.67% or 0.54 to hit $80.97 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.52% or 6.30 to trade at $1228.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.29% to 4.3488, while USD/SAR rose 0.03% to 3.7519.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 94.74.