Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Multi Investment, Cement and Petrochemicals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share fell 0.78%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Amana Cooperative Insurance Co (SE:8310), which rose 9.93% or 1.80 points to trade at 19.92 at the close. Meanwhile, Saudi Enaya Cooperative Insurance (SE:8311) added 9.88% or 2.40 points to end at 26.70 and Saudi Indian Company Insurance (SE:8110) was up 8.41% or 1.16 points to 14.96 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Taleem REIT Fund (SE:4333), which fell 5.25% or 0.62 points to trade at 11.18 at the close. Saudi Real Estate Co. (SE:4020) declined 5.02% or 0.82 points to end at 15.52 and AlJazira Mawten REIT (SE:4331) was down 4.58% or 0.70 points to 14.58.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 134 to 43 and 10 ended unchanged.
Shares in Saudi Real Estate Co. (SE:4020) fell to 52-week lows; falling 5.02% or 0.82 to 15.52.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.28% or 0.21 to $73.94 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.95% or 0.75 to hit $78.48 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.45% or 5.70 to trade at $1248.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.70% to 4.3518, while USD/SAR rose 0.01% to 3.7509.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.65% at 94.84.