Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Real Estate Development, Financial Services and Telecoms & IT sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share rose 0.54%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were National Agriculture Marketing Co. (SE:4160), which rose 4.79% or 1.55 points to trade at 33.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Arabian Shield Coop Insurance Co (SE:8070) added 3.84% or 1.85 points to end at 50.00 and Samba Financial Group (SE:1090) was up 2.86% or 0.64 points to 23.02 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Abdullah A. M. Al-Khodari Sons Co (SE:1330), which fell 2.32% or 0.24 points to trade at 10.12 at the close. Anb Insurance (SE:8011) declined 2.31% or 0.50 points to end at 21.10 and Saudi Int Petrochemical Co (SE:2310) was down 1.93% or 0.28 points to 14.20.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 101 to 61 and 15 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.90% or 0.43 to $47.23 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.96% or 0.48 to hit $49.47 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.22% or 2.85 to trade at $1283.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.33% to 4.2172, while USD/SAR rose 0.00% to 3.7504.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 96.85.