Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Real Estate Development, Multi Investment and Retail sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share fell 0.62%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were AL JOUF CEMENT COMPANY (SE:3091), which rose 5.90% or 0.51 points to trade at 9.16 at the close. Meanwhile, Anaam International Holding Group (SE:4061) added 5.39% or 0.77 points to end at 15.06 and Solidarity Saudi Takaful Co (SE:8290) was up 5.39% or 1.12 points to 21.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Dar Alarkan Real Estate Development (SE:4300), which fell 9.94% or 1.39 points to trade at 12.60 at the close. Methanol Chemicals Company (SE:2001) declined 8.19% or 0.77 points to end at 8.63 and Saudi Kayan Petrochemical Company (SE:2350) was down 6.47% or 0.69 points to 9.97.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 118 to 62 and 3 ended unchanged.
Shares in AL JOUF CEMENT COMPANY (SE:3091) rose to 52-week highs; rising 5.90% or 0.51 to 9.16.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.35% or 0.20 to $57.56 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.43% or 0.27 to hit $63.67 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.26% or 3.30 to trade at $1251.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.08% to 4.4154, while USD/SAR fell 0.20% to 3.7420.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 93.76.