Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the , and sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the declined 0.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the were Al Baha Investment and Development Company SJSC (TADAWUL:), which rose 8.33% or 0.01 points to trade at 0.13 at the close. Saudi Real Estate Co. (TADAWUL:) added 6.33% or 1.36 points to end at 22.86 and Saudi Pharmaceutical Appliances (TADAWUL:) was up 4.99% or 1.60 points to 33.65 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Savola Group (TADAWUL:), which lost 5.01% or 1.35 points to trade at 25.60 in late trade. Wafrah for Industry and Development Company SJSC (TADAWUL:) declined 3.62% or 1.55 points to end at 41.25 and Herfy Food Services Co (TADAWUL:) shed 2.90% or 0.80 points to 26.80.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 178 to 111 and 24 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 2.98% or 2.23 to $77.06 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 2.52% or 1.97 to hit $80.12 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.55% or 13.95 to trade at $2,560.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.25% to 4.19, while USD/SAR unchanged 0.00% to 3.75.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 100.69.
