Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Petrochemicals, Media & Publishing and Agriculture & Food sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share lost 0.25%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Eastern Province Cement Co. (SE:3080), which rose 9.93% or 2.04 points to trade at 22.58 at the close. Meanwhile, Abdullah Al Othaim Markets Company (SE:4001) added 2.96% or 2.10 points to end at 73.00 and Saudi Company for Hardware (SE:4008) was up 2.91% or 2.90 points to 102.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Allianz Saudi Fransi Cooperative Insurance Company (SE:8040), which fell 2.37% or 0.65 points to trade at 26.80 at the close. The National Shipping Co. (SE:4030) declined 2.37% or 0.80 points to end at 32.95 and Riyad Bank (SE:1010) was down 2.25% or 0.40 points to 17.34.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 117 to 59 and 10 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 1.67% or 0.88 to $51.73 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 1.14% or 0.70 to hit $60.97 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.12% or 1.45 to trade at $1251.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.29% to 4.2870, while USD/SAR rose 0.03% to 3.7527.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 96.607.