Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Real Estate Development, Agriculture & Food and Multi Investment sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share declined 0.22%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Arabia Refineries Co. (SE:2030), which rose 8.37% or 3.39 points to trade at 43.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Al Sorayai Trading&Industrial Group (SE:1213) added 5.53% or 0.68 points to end at 12.98 and Abdullah Al Othaim Markets Company (SE:4001) was up 5.40% or 8.20 points to 160.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Dar Alarkan Real Estate Development (SE:4300), which fell 5.39% or 0.69 points to trade at 12.10 at the close. Southern Province Cement Co. (SE:3050) declined 5.32% or 2.55 points to end at 45.40 and Saudi Cement Company (SE:3030) was down 4.39% or 2.36 points to 51.40.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 91 to 87 and 8 ended unchanged.
Shares in Saudi Arabia Refineries Co. (SE:2030) rose to 52-week highs; rising 8.37% or 3.39 to 43.90.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.80% or 0.52 to $64.42 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.48% or 0.33 to hit $69.01 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.84% or 11.20 to trade at $1338.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.07% to 4.6161, while USD/SAR fell 0.20% to 3.7420.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 89.54.