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Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Industrial Investment, Petrochemicals and Agriculture & Food sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share rose 0.23%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Savola Group (TADAWUL:2050), which rose 4.48% or 1.20 points to trade at 28.00 at the close. Meanwhile, United Carton Industries Company (TADAWUL:1323) added 4.40% or 1.80 points to end at 42.70 and Al Dawaa Medical Services Co (TADAWUL:4163) was up 2.92% or 2.20 points to 77.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Riyad Bank (TADAWUL:1010), which fell 3.51% or 1.00 points to trade at 27.50 at the close. Al Sorayai Trading&Industrial Group (TADAWUL:1213) declined 2.86% or 2.30 points to end at 78.20 and Zamil Industrial Investment Co (TADAWUL:2240) was down 2.76% or 1.10 points to 38.75.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 169 to 147 and 25 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 4.39% or 2.67 to $63.46 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 4.00% or 2.51 to hit $65.29 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 2.11% or 69.99 to trade at $3,385.39 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.67% to 4.28, while USD/SAR unchanged 0.02% to 3.75.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.54% at 98.72.