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 declined 2.13% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the were The Company for Coop. Insurance (TADAWUL:), which rose 3.90% or 6.00 points to trade at 160.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Dallah Healthcare Holding Company (TADAWUL:) added 3.21% or 5.00 points to end at 161.00 and Al ELM Information Security Company CJSC (TADAWUL:) was up 2.08% or 18.80 points to 924.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were AYYAN Investment Co SJSC (TADAWUL:), which fell 10.00% or 1.58 points to trade at 14.22 at the close. Walaa Cooperative Insurance Company SJSC (TADAWUL:) declined 9.96% or 2.68 points to end at 24.22 and Allied Cooperative Insurance Group SJSC (TADAWUL:) was down 9.92% or 1.72 points to 15.62.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 266 to 40 and 10 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 1.35% or 0.99 to $72.53 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 1.13% or 0.87 to hit $75.94 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 2.22% or 54.85 to trade at $2,414.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.85% to 4.13, while USD/SAR unchanged 0.01% to 3.75.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.95% at 102.01.
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