Saudi Arabia shares lower at close of trade; Tadawul All Share down 0.62%

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

At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share lost 0.62%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were AL JOUF CEMENT COMPANY (SE: 3091 ), which rose 5.90% or 0.51 points to trade at 9.16 at the close. Anaam International Holding Group (SE: 4061 ) added 5.39% or 0.77 points to end at 15.06 and Solidarity Saudi Takaful Co (SE: 8290 ) was up 5.39% or 1.12 points to 21.90 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Dar Alarkan Real Estate Development (SE: 4300 ), which lost 9.94% or 1.39 points to trade at 12.60 in late trade. Methanol Chemicals Company (SE: 2001 ) declined 8.19% or 0.77 points to end at 8.63 and Saudi Kayan Petrochemical Company (SE: 2350 ) shed 6.47% or 0.69 points to 9.97.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 118 to 62 and 3 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.33% or 0.19 to $57.55 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.43% or 0.27 to hit $63.67 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.26% or 3.30 to trade at $1251.70 a troy ounce.

EUR/SAR was up 0.04% to 4.4136, while USD/SAR fell 0.20% to 3.7420.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 93.76.