Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Media & Publishing, Industrial Investment and Transport sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share rose 0.57%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Tihama Advertising&Public Relations (SE:4070), which rose 10.41% or 3.80 points to trade at 40.30 at the close. Allianz Saudi Fransi Cooperative Insurance Company (SE:8040) added 10.20% or 3.60 points to end at 38.90 and Ash-Sharqiyah Development Company (SE:6060) was up 10.00% or 3.50 points to 38.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Rabigh Refining & Petrochemical Co (SE:2380), which lost 5.36% or 0.70 points to trade at 12.35 in late trade. Al Hokair Group (SE:1820) declined 2.03% or 0.60 points to end at 28.90 and Abdullah A. M. Al-Khodari Sons Co (SE:1330) shed 1.46% or 0.15 points to 10.10.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 137 to 23 and 17 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 3.57% or 1.71 to $49.55 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 3.32% or 1.69 to hit $52.53 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.62% or 7.58 to trade at $1235.28 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.44% to 4.1178, while USD/SAR fell 0.00% to 3.7502.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.34% at 98.71.