Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Media & Publishing, Telecoms & IT and Petrochemicals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share added 0.19%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Indian Company Insurance (SE:8110), which rose 9.20% or 1.20 points to trade at 14.25 at the close. Meanwhile, Aljazira Takaful Taawuni Company (SE:8012) added 6.47% or 2.20 points to end at 36.20 and AXA Cooperative Insurance Company (SE:8250) was up 6.08% or 0.90 points to 15.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Anb Insurance (SE:8011), which fell 9.76% or 3.20 points to trade at 29.60 at the close. Al-Ahlia Insurance Company (SE:8140) declined 5.00% or 0.35 points to end at 6.65 and United Cooperative Assurance Co (SE:8190) was down 4.63% or 0.50 points to 10.30.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 93 to 59 and 15 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.33% or 0.13 to $39.33 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.61% or 0.25 to hit $40.78 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.16% or 2.00 to trade at $1221.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was unchanged 0.00% to 4.1924, while USD/SAR rose 0.13% to 3.7551.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.11% at 96.06.