Saudi Arabia shares lower at close of trade; Tadawul All Share down 0.25%

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

At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share lost 0.25%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Dallah Healthcare Holding Company (SE: 4004 ), which rose 3.78% or 2.30 points to trade at 63.10 at the close. United Int Transportation Company (SE: 4260 ) added 3.14% or 0.85 points to end at 27.90 and Almarai Company (SE: 2280 ) was up 2.99% or 1.60 points to 55.20 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Saudi Enaya Cooperative Insurance (SE: 8311 ), which lost 7.08% or 1.16 points to trade at 15.22 in late trade. Abdullah A. M. Al-Khodari Sons Co (SE: 1330 ) declined 2.66% or 0.19 points to end at 6.96 and Amana Cooperative Insurance Co (SE: 8310 ) shed 2.59% or 0.60 points to 22.60.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 136 to 47 and 5 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 1.38% or 0.71 to $50.88 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 1.24% or 0.75 to hit $59.73 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.45% or 5.75 to trade at $1295.25 a troy ounce.

EUR/SAR was down 0.01% to 4.3016, while USD/SAR rose 0.00% to 3.7511.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 95.210.