Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Petrochemicals, Financial Services and Insurance sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share rose 1.72%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Alinma Tokio Marine Co (SE:8312), which rose 7.36% or 1.20 points to trade at 17.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Saudi Industrial Export Co (SE:4140) added 7.00% or 2.40 points to end at 36.70 and BANK ALBILAD (SE:1140) was up 6.09% or 0.95 points to 16.55 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hail Cement Company (SE:3001), which fell 3.25% or 0.40 points to trade at 11.90 at the close. Saudi Cement Company (SE:3030) declined 2.19% or 1.25 points to end at 55.75 and Wataniya Insurance Company (SE:8300) was down 0.89% or 0.20 points to 22.35.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 148 to 10 and 11 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 2.67% or 1.18 to $45.33 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.71% or 0.80 to hit $47.63 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.10% or 1.35 to trade at $1329.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.07% to 4.1820, while USD/SAR fell 0.01% to 3.7504.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.10% at 95.77.