Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Media & Publishing, Energy & Utilities and Hotels & Tourism sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share added 0.10% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Research and Marketing Group (SE:4210), which rose 9.95% or 3.25 points to trade at 35.90 at the close. Saudi Automotive Services Co. (SE:4050) added 9.33% or 1.54 points to end at 18.04 and Saudi Printing & Packaging Company (SE:4270) was up 5.90% or 0.94 points to 16.86 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mouwasat Medical Services Company (SE:4002), which lost 5.06% or 8.00 points to trade at 150.00 in late trade. Dallah Healthcare Holding Company (SE:4004) declined 3.21% or 3.60 points to end at 108.40 and Dar Alarkan Real Estate Development (SE:4300) shed 2.55% or 0.17 points to 6.49.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 118 to 52 and 7 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.96% or 0.44 to $46.48 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.80% or 0.39 to hit $49.16 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 1.24% or 15.38 to trade at $1226.92 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.54% to 4.2613, while USD/SAR rose 0.01% to 3.7506.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.50% at 95.87.