Saudi Arabia shares lower at close of trade; Tadawul All Share down 0.20%

Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Petrochemicals , Transport and Cement sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share declined 0.20%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were National Gypsum Company (SE: 2090 ), which rose 3.73% or 0.52 points to trade at 14.46 at the close. Saudi Research and Marketing Group (SE: 4210 ) added 3.42% or 3.88 points to end at 117.20 and Saudi Industrial Investment Group (SE: 2250 ) was up 3.15% or 0.79 points to 25.85 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Rabigh Refining & Petrochemical Co (SE: 2380 ), which lost 5.56% or 1.62 points to trade at 27.50 in late trade. Saudi Int Petrochemical Co (SE: 2310 ) declined 4.31% or 0.94 points to end at 20.88 and Saudi Public Transport Co. (SE: 4040 ) shed 3.66% or 0.62 points to 16.34.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 116 to 71 on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 1.09% or 0.74 to $67.36 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.83% or 0.61 to hit $73.18 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.73% or 9.70 to trade at $1313.70 a troy ounce.

EUR/SAR was down 0.39% to 4.5317, while USD/SAR rose 0.00% to 3.7504.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.36% at 91.64.