Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Industrial Investment, Telecoms & IT and Retail sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share gained 0.99%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Alujain Corporation (SE:2170), which rose 7.60% or 1.00 points to trade at 14.15 at the close. Meanwhile, Saudi Company for Hardware (SE:4008) added 6.67% or 4.00 points to end at 64.00 and Saudi Industrial Development Co. (SE:2130) was up 6.08% or 0.45 points to 7.85 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Middle East Healthcare Co (SE:4009), which fell 2.97% or 1.75 points to trade at 57.25 at the close. Salama Cooperative Insurance Co (SE:8050) declined 2.60% or 0.25 points to end at 9.35 and United Cooperative Assurance Co (SE:8190) was down 2.44% or 0.30 points to 12.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 118 to 33 and 18 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 1.14% or 0.58 to $50.27 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.81% or 0.42 to hit $51.36 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.26% or 3.35 to trade at $1271.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.03% to 4.0845, while USD/SAR fell 0.06% to 3.7502.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.02% at 98.64.