Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Energy & Utilities, Transport and Petrochemicals sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share rose 0.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Tabuk Agriculture Development Co (SE:6040), which rose 8.75% or 1.15 points to trade at 14.30 at the close. National Industrialization Co (SE:2060) added 6.06% or 0.80 points to end at 14.00 and Saudi Indian Company Insurance (SE:8110) was up 4.58% or 0.80 points to 18.25 in late trade.
Biggest losers included The Mediterranean&Gulf Insurance Co (SE:8030), which lost 2.38% or 0.55 points to trade at 22.60 in late trade. Filing & Packing Materials Co. (SE:2180) declined 2.14% or 1.00 points to end at 45.80 and Saudi Real Estate Co. (SE:4020) shed 2.03% or 0.45 points to 21.70.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 82 to 54 and 34 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.33% or 0.15 to $45.56 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.26% or 0.12 to hit $46.88 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.43% or 5.85 to trade at $1352.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.20% to 4.1536, while USD/SAR rose 0.00% to 3.7514.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.16% at 96.46.