Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Media & Publishing, Hotels & Tourism and Insurance sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share fell 3.07% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Basic Chemical Industries Co (SE:1210), which rose 0.74% or 0.20 points to trade at 27.10 at the close. Saudi Cement Company (SE:3030) fell 0.40% or 0.25 points to end at 62.50 and Samba Financial Group (SE:1090) was down 0.46% or 0.10 points to 21.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Saudi United Cooperative Insurance (SE:8060), which lost 10.48% or 1.30 points to trade at 11.10 in late trade. Saudi Arabian Cooperative Insurance (SE:8100) declined 10.21% or 1.70 points to end at 14.95 and Al-Ahlia Insurance Company (SE:8140) shed 10.12% or 0.85 points to 7.55.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 167 to 1 on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.61% or 0.78 to $47.63 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 1.66% or 0.81 to hit $47.91 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.50% or 6.25 to trade at $1246.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.13% to 4.1985, while USD/SAR fell 0.03% to 3.7502.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.16% at 95.44.