Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Agriculture & Food, Cement and Industrial Investment sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share rose 0.91% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Industrial Export Co (SE:4140), which rose 9.93% or 8.70 points to trade at 96.30 at the close. Saudi Arabian Mining Company (SE:1211) added 5.97% or 2.85 points to end at 50.60 and Saudi Advanced Industries Co. (SE:2120) was up 3.62% or 0.44 points to 12.58 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Saudi Chemical Company (SE:2230), which lost 3.58% or 1.20 points to trade at 32.30 in late trade. The Company for Coop. Insurance (SE:8010) declined 3.04% or 1.90 points to end at 60.60 and Saudi Transport & Investment Co (SE:4110) shed 2.30% or 0.95 points to 40.35.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 115 to 54 and 16 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 3.89% or 1.98 to $52.91 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 3.40% or 2.02 to hit $61.48 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.70% or 8.60 to trade at $1234.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.12% to 4.2519, while USD/SAR fell 0.01% to 3.7517.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 96.995.