Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Real Estate Development, Transport and Agriculture & Food sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share gained 0.25%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Basic Chemical Industries Co (SE:1210), which rose 3.56% or 1.10 points to trade at 32.00 at the close. Fitaihi Holding Group (SE:4180) added 3.44% or 0.55 points to end at 16.55 and Jabal Omar Development Company (SE:4250) was up 3.21% or 2.00 points to 64.25 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Amana Cooperative Insurance Co (SE:8310), which lost 3.19% or 0.30 points to trade at 9.10 in late trade. Al-Ahlia Insurance Company (SE:8140) declined 2.55% or 0.20 points to end at 7.65 and Filing & Packing Materials Co. (SE:2180) shed 2.30% or 1.00 points to 42.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 81 to 58 and 30 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 2.04% or 0.99 to $49.55 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 2.14% or 1.05 to hit $50.22 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.87% or 11.30 to trade at $1283.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.66% to 4.2573, while USD/SAR unchanged 0.00% to 3.7503.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.75% at 93.59.