Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Hotels & Tourism, Telecoms & IT and Multi Investment sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share rose 1.56%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Knowledge Economic City (SE:4310), which rose 7.58% or 1.69 points to trade at 24.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Bupa Arabia for Coop. Insurance (SE:8210) added 5.21% or 13.54 points to end at 273.50 and Etihad Etisalat Co (SE:7020) was up 5.14% or 1.51 points to 30.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Alinma Tokio Marine Co (SE:8312), which fell 7.80% or 2.15 points to trade at 25.40 at the close. Trade Union Cooperative Insurance (SE:8170) declined 3.18% or 1.20 points to end at 36.50 and Al Alamiya Cooperative Insurance (SE:8280) was down 2.31% or 1.61 points to 68.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 153 to 13.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.30% or 0.13 to $43.74 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.54% or 0.27 to hit $49.51 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.16% or 1.70 to trade at $1095.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.17% to 4.1043, while USD/SAR fell 0.01% to 3.7494.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.17% at 97.83.