Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Insurance, Agriculture & Food and Media & Publishing sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share gained 0.74%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were SABB Takaful (SE:8080), which rose 9.85% or 3.90 points to trade at 43.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Saudi United Cooperative Insurance (SE:8060) added 9.83% or 1.15 points to end at 12.85 and Saudi Indian Company Insurance (SE:8110) was up 6.10% or 0.88 points to 15.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Knowledge Economic City (SE:4310), which fell 5.24% or 0.84 points to trade at 15.20 at the close. Yanbu National Petrochemical Co (SE:2290) declined 2.89% or 1.28 points to end at 43.00 and Saudi Company for Hardware (SE:4008) was down 2.45% or 2.26 points to 90.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 126 to 40.
Shares in Saudi Company for Hardware (SE:4008) fell to all time lows; losing 2.45% or 2.26 to 90.00.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 1.30% or 0.60 to $45.45 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 1.40% or 0.69 to hit $48.91 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.23% or 2.60 to trade at $1118.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.06% to 4.1829, while USD/SAR rose 0.03% to 3.7509.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.03% at 96.23.