Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Agriculture & Food, Financial Services and Energy & Utilities 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 Alinma Tokio Marine Co (SE:8312), which rose 10.41% or 1.65 points to trade at 17.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Saudi Indian Company Insurance (SE:8110) added 9.54% or 1.25 points to end at 14.35 and Allied Cooperative Insurance Group (SE:8150) was up 5.30% or 0.80 points to 15.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Saudi Pharmaceutical Appliances (SE:2070), which fell 1.75% or 0.60 points to trade at 33.60 at the close. Methanol Chemicals Company (SE:2001) declined 1.64% or 0.10 points to end at 6.00 and Saudi Marke (SE:4006) was down 1.42% or 0.40 points to 27.70.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 108 to 32 and 29 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 2.00% or 0.89 to $45.37 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 2.04% or 0.95 to hit $47.43 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.28% or 3.75 to trade at $1345.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.28% to 4.2224, while USD/SAR rose 0.01% to 3.7504.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.25% at 95.17.