Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Industrial Investment, Retail and Telecoms & IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share rose 0.57% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Mouwasat Medical Services Company (SE:4002), which rose 9.05% or 11.00 points to trade at 132.50 at the close. Al-Ahsa Development Co. (SE:2140) added 7.11% or 0.75 points to end at 11.30 and ACE ARABIA COOPERATIVE INSURANCE (SE:8240) was up 4.86% or 1.60 points to 34.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Saudi Enaya Cooperative Insurance (SE:8311), which lost 2.68% or 0.35 points to trade at 12.70 in late trade. Yanbu National Petrochemical Co (SE:2290) declined 2.15% or 1.00 points to end at 45.60 and Amana Cooperative Insurance Co (SE:8310) shed 1.95% or 0.15 points to 7.55.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 96 to 46 and 27 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 1.77% or 0.86 to $47.84 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 1.93% or 0.98 to hit $49.70 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.14% or 1.80 to trade at $1275.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.41% to 4.1051, while USD/SAR fell 0.03% to 3.7505.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.29% at 98.60.