Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Retail, Telecoms & IT and Agriculture & Food sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share declined 0.26%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Steel Pipe Company (SE:1320), which rose 4.64% or 1.14 points to trade at 25.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Sahara (SE:2260) added 3.05% or 0.48 points to end at 16.20 and Alujain Corporation (SE:2170) was up 3.03% or 0.72 points to 24.46 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Abdullah A. M. Al-Khodari Sons Co (SE:1330), which fell 6.84% or 0.35 points to trade at 4.77 at the close. AlAhli Fund of REITs (SE:4338) declined 4.19% or 0.33 points to end at 7.54 and Saudi Paper Manufacturing Co. (SE:2300) was down 3.88% or 0.48 points to 11.90.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 129 to 43 and 18 ended unchanged.
Shares in Abdullah A. M. Al-Khodari Sons Co (SE:1330) fell to all time lows; falling 6.84% or 0.35 to 4.77.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.96% or 0.54 to $56.52 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.32% or 0.21 to hit $66.46 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.04% or 0.55 to trade at $1328.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.39% to 4.2484, while USD/SAR rose 0.01% to 3.7504.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 96.528.