Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms & IT, Energy & Utilities and Agriculture & Food sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share gained 1.72%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Industrial Export Co (SE:4140), which rose 9.97% or 6.30 points to trade at 69.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Al Baha Investment and Development Company SJSC (SE:4130) added 9.95% or 1.72 points to end at 19.00 and National Agriculture Marketing Co. (SE:4160) was up 8.32% or 1.62 points to 21.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Saudi Research and Marketing Group (SE:4210), which fell 2.71% or 2.60 points to trade at 93.40 at the close. Allianz Saudi Fransi Cooperative Insurance Company (SE:8040) declined 2.48% or 0.62 points to end at 24.38 and Middle East Specialized Cables Co (SE:2370) was down 2.07% or 0.22 points to 10.40.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 139 to 40 and 12 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.15% or 0.08 to $53.91 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.47% or 0.30 to hit $62.99 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.94% or 12.65 to trade at $1333.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.27% to 4.2374, while USD/SAR rose 0.02% to 3.7506.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.37% at 96.845.