Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Transport, Insurance and Agriculture & Food sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share lost 0.13%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Nama Chemicals Co. (SE:2210), which rose 5.71% or 1.15 points to trade at 21.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Yanbu National Petrochemical Co (SE:2290) added 3.66% or 2.11 points to end at 59.70 and Riyad Bank (SE:1010) was up 2.66% or 0.31 points to 11.98 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Salama Cooperative Insurance Co (SE:8050), which fell 5.89% or 1.32 points to trade at 21.08 at the close. SABB Takaful (SE:8080) declined 4.07% or 1.23 points to end at 29.00 and Gulf General Cooperative Insurance (SE:8260) was down 3.97% or 0.79 points to 19.10.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 105 to 64 and 9 ended unchanged.
Shares in Riyad Bank (SE:1010) rose to 52-week highs; rising 2.66% or 0.31 to 11.98.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.42% or 0.21 to $50.23 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.58% or 0.32 to hit $55.30 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.78% or 10.35 to trade at $1314.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.07% to 4.4833, while USD/SAR rose 0.01% to 3.7504.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 91.67.