Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Media & Publishing, Energy & Utilities and Hotels & Tourism sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share gained 0.10% to hit a new 52-week high.
The best performers 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. Meanwhile, 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.
The worst performers of the session were Mouwasat Medical Services Company (SE:4002), which fell 5.06% or 8.00 points to trade at 150.00 at the close. 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) was down 2.55% or 0.17 points to 6.49.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 118 to 52 and 7 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.96% or 0.44 to $46.48 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.82% or 0.40 to hit $49.17 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 1.25% or 15.48 to trade at $1226.82 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.