Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Petrochemicals, Industrial Investment and Financial Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share added 0.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Industrial Export Co (SE:4140), which rose 9.94% or 7.10 points to trade at 78.50 at the close. Saudi Arabia Refineries Co. (SE:2030) added 5.06% or 2.00 points to end at 41.50 and Tihama Advertising&Public Relations (SE:4070) was up 5.06% or 2.20 points to 45.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Anaam International Holding Group (SE:4061), which lost 4.83% or 0.70 points to trade at 13.78 in late trade. Abdullah A. M. Al-Khodari Sons Co (SE:1330) declined 3.73% or 0.27 points to end at 6.97 and Al Sorayai Trading&Industrial Group (SE:1213) shed 3.24% or 0.44 points to 13.16.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 93 to 79 and 12 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.75% or 0.88 to $51.30 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 2.02% or 1.19 to hit $60.23 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.17% or 2.10 to trade at $1231.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.17% to 4.2629, while USD/SAR fell 0.07% to 3.7519.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 96.683.