Saudi Arabia shares lower at close of trade; Tadawul All Share down 0.85%

Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Petrochemicals , Multi Investment and Hotels & Tourism sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share fell 0.85%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Abdullah A. M. Al-Khodari Sons Co (SE: 1330 ), which rose 9.31% or 1.15 points to trade at 13.50 at the close. Saudi Cable Company (SE: 2110 ) added 3.31% or 0.20 points to end at 6.25 and Al-Rajhi Cooperative Insurance (SE: 8230 ) was up 3.04% or 1.10 points to 37.30 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Anaam International Holding Group (SE: 4061 ), which lost 4.97% or 0.85 points to trade at 16.25 in late trade. Aseer Trading Tourism&Manufacturing (SE: 4080 ) declined 4.11% or 0.75 points to end at 17.50 and Anb Insurance (SE: 8011 ) shed 3.82% or 0.95 points to 23.90.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 132 to 22 and 15 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.34% or 0.18 to $52.77 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.34% or 0.19 to hit $55.02 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.27% or 3.05 to trade at $1140.45 a troy ounce.

EUR/SAR was down 0.28% to 3.9088, while USD/SAR rose 0.01% to 3.7506.

The US Dollar Index was up 0.07% at 103.00.