Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Petrochemicals, Transport and Cement sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share declined 0.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were National Gypsum Company (SE:2090), which rose 3.73% or 0.52 points to trade at 14.46 at the close. Saudi Research and Marketing Group (SE:4210) added 3.42% or 3.88 points to end at 117.20 and Saudi Industrial Investment Group (SE:2250) was up 3.15% or 0.79 points to 25.85 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Rabigh Refining & Petrochemical Co (SE:2380), which lost 5.56% or 1.62 points to trade at 27.50 in late trade. Saudi Int Petrochemical Co (SE:2310) declined 4.31% or 0.94 points to end at 20.88 and Saudi Public Transport Co. (SE:4040) shed 3.66% or 0.62 points to 16.34.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 116 to 71 on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 1.09% or 0.74 to $67.36 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.83% or 0.61 to hit $73.18 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.73% or 9.70 to trade at $1313.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.39% to 4.5317, while USD/SAR rose 0.00% to 3.7504.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.36% at 91.64.