Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Retail, Telecoms & IT and Energy & Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share rose 0.05%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Fawaz Abdulaziz AlHokair Company (SE:4240), which rose 5.97% or 1.42 points to trade at 25.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Zamil Industrial Investment Co (SE:2240) added 4.21% or 0.66 points to end at 16.34 and Abdullah Al Othaim Markets Company (SE:4001) was up 3.27% or 2.50 points to 79.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Saudi Arabia Refineries Co. (SE:2030), which fell 2.05% or 0.90 points to trade at 43.10 at the close. The Saudi British Bank (SE:1060) declined 2.02% or 0.65 points to end at 31.55 and Herfy Food Services Co (SE:6002) was down 1.92% or 1.00 points to 51.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 93 to 85 and 17 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 1.63% or 0.92 to $57.44 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.01% or 0.62 to hit $62.16 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.04% or 0.55 to trade at $1516.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.27% to 4.1477, while USD/SAR fell 0.01% to 3.7507.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 98.165.