Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Multi Investment, Retail and Financial Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share rose 0.05%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were United Electronics Company (SE:4003), which rose 6.45% or 2.20 points to trade at 36.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Al-Ahlia Insurance Company (SE:8140) added 3.07% or 0.40 points to end at 13.45 and Saudi Company for Hardware (SE:4008) was up 3.02% or 2.75 points to 93.75 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Saudi Cement Company (SE:3030), which fell 10.04% or 6.00 points to trade at 53.75 at the close. Halwani Bros (SE:6001) declined 4.59% or 2.50 points to end at 52.00 and The Company for Coop. Insurance (SE:8010) was down 3.17% or 3.00 points to 91.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 77 to 69 and 31 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.13% or 0.59 to $52.83 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.14% or 0.63 to hit $55.87 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.47% or 5.85 to trade at $1251.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.04% to 3.9701, while USD/SAR rose 0.02% to 3.7501.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 101.05.