Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the fell 0.44%.
The best performers of the session on the were Kingdom Holding Company (TADAWUL:), which rose 9.50% or 0.85 points to trade at 9.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Saudi Automotive Services Co. (TADAWUL:) added 6.14% or 3.60 points to end at 62.20 and Tanmiah Food Company SCJSC (TADAWUL:) was up 3.43% or 4.40 points to 132.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bawan (TADAWUL:), which fell 4.25% or 2.10 points to trade at 47.30 at the close. BURUJ COOPERATIVE INSURANCE CO (TADAWUL:) declined 3.87% or 0.84 points to end at 20.86 and City Cement Co (TADAWUL:) was down 3.68% or 0.72 points to 18.84.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 182 to 97 and 34 ended unchanged.
Shares in Kingdom Holding Company (TADAWUL:) rose to 52-week highs; rising 9.50% or 0.85 to 9.80.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.32% or 0.25 to $76.91 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.39% or 0.31 to hit $79.97 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.33% or 8.10 to trade at $2,436.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.25% to 4.06, while USD/SAR unchanged 0.00% to 3.75.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.30% at 104.37.
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