Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Media & Publishing, Agriculture & Food and Multi Investment sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share fell 0.32%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Amana Cooperative Insurance Co (SE:8310), which rose 9.93% or 2.04 points to trade at 22.58 at the close. Saudi Indian Company Insurance (SE:8110) added 9.72% or 2.26 points to end at 25.50 and Anb Insurance (SE:8011) was up 7.50% or 1.52 points to 21.78 in late trade.
Biggest losers included The Mediterranean&Gulf Insurance Co (SE:8030), which lost 9.90% or 1.36 points to trade at 12.38 in late trade. Saudi Research and Marketing Group (SE:4210) declined 4.31% or 3.30 points to end at 73.20 and Middle East Healthcare Co (SE:4009) shed 4.06% or 2.80 points to 66.20.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 88 to 65 and 27 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.41% or 0.20 to $48.62 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.50% or 0.26 to hit $51.84 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.38% or 4.95 to trade at $1289.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.24% to 4.4223, while USD/SAR unchanged 0.00% to 3.7500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 93.24.