Saudi Arabia shares lower at close of trade; Tadawul All Share down 0.13%

Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Insurance, Transport and Agriculture&Food sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share declined 0.13%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Red Sea Housing Services Company (TADAWUL:4230), which rose 8.32% or 5.40 points to trade at 70.30 at the close. Zamil Industrial Investment Co (TADAWUL:2240) added 5.59% or 1.45 points to end at 27.40 and Arabian Contracting Services Company CJSC (TADAWUL:4071) was up 4.33% or 7.40 points to 178.40 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Al Baha Investment and Development Company SJSC (TADAWUL:4130), which lost 7.69% or 0.02 points to trade at 0.24 in late trade. Saudi Manpower Solutions Co (TADAWUL:1834) declined 3.03% or 0.26 points to end at 8.31 and Nama Chemicals Co. (TADAWUL:2210) shed 3.02% or 0.80 points to 25.70.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 146 to 137 and 33 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 6.27% or 4.50 to $67.28 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 5.91% or 4.47 to hit $71.16 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.34% or 9.30 to trade at $2,745.30 a troy ounce.

EUR/SAR was up 0.15% to 4.06, while USD/SAR unchanged 0.01% to 3.76.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 104.07.