Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Hotels & Tourism, Agriculture & Food and Retail sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share fell 0.81%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Research and Marketing Group (SE:4210), which rose 9.91% or 5.30 points to trade at 58.80 at the close. Amana Cooperative Insurance Co (SE:8310) added 4.22% or 0.74 points to end at 18.28 and The Mediterranean&Gulf Insurance Co (SE:8030) was up 2.63% or 0.44 points to 17.16 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banque Saudi Fransi (SE:1050), which lost 5.49% or 1.80 points to trade at 31.00 in late trade. Ash-Sharqiyah Development Company (SE:6060) declined 3.00% or 1.25 points to end at 40.35 and National Industrialization Co (SE:2060) shed 2.86% or 0.42 points to 14.24.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 122 to 46 and 12 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.34% or 0.16 to $46.38 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.22% or 0.11 to hit $48.80 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.55% or 6.73 to trade at $1234.23 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.07% to 4.2988, while USD/SAR unchanged 0.00% to 3.7502.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 94.95.