Saudi Arabia shares higher at close of trade; Tadawul All Share up 1.39%

Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Media & Publishing , Transport and Financial Services sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share added 1.39% to hit a new 1-month high.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Cement Company (SE: 3030 ), which rose 9.99% or 4.26 points to trade at 46.90 at the close. Yanbu Cement Co. (SE: 3060 ) added 9.97% or 2.90 points to end at 32.00 and Tabuk Cement Co. (SE: 3090 ) was up 7.11% or 0.92 points to 13.86 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Anaam International Holding Group (SE: 4061 ), which lost 2.94% or 0.47 points to trade at 15.54 in late trade. Abdullah A. M. Al-Khodari Sons Co (SE: 1330 ) declined 2.93% or 0.29 points to end at 9.60 and Qassim Agriculture Co. (SE: 6020 ) shed 1.83% or 0.24 points to 12.84.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 147 to 35 and 1 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.52% or 0.30 to $57.63 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.59% or 0.37 to hit $63.60 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.35% or 4.40 to trade at $1261.90 a troy ounce.

EUR/SAR was up 0.35% to 4.4237, while USD/SAR rose 0.02% to 3.7503.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 93.19.