Saudi Arabia stocks lower at close of trade; Tadawul All Share down 0.09%

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 0.09%.

The best performers of the session on the were Ash-Sharqiyah Development Company (TADAWUL:), which rose 9.93% or 2.16 points to trade at 23.92 at the close. Meanwhile, Salama Cooperative Insurance Co (TADAWUL:) added 9.91% or 1.90 points to end at 21.08 and Saudi Company for Hardware (TADAWUL:) was up 6.70% or 2.15 points to 34.25 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Tihama Advertising&Public Relations (TADAWUL:), which fell 10.00% or 2.32 points to trade at 20.88 at the close. Arabian Centres Co (TADAWUL:) declined 2.94% or 0.62 points to end at 20.48 and Ataa Educational Co (TADAWUL:) was down 2.84% or 2.00 points to 68.40.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 140 to 128 and 9 ended unchanged.

Shares in Ash-Sharqiyah Development Company (TADAWUL:) rose to 5-year lows; rising 9.93% or 2.16 to 23.92.

Crude oil for June delivery was up 2.09% or 1.49 to $72.83 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.75% or 1.32 to hit $76.62 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.36% or 7.25 to trade at $2,032.05 a troy ounce.

EUR/SAR was up 0.14% to 4.14, while USD/SAR unchanged 0.01% to 3.75.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 100.94.