Saudi Arabia stocks higher at close of trade; Tadawul All Share up 1.58%

Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Media&Publishing, Real Estate Development and Building&Construction sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share added 1.58%.

The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Research and Marketing Group (TADAWUL:4210), which rose 10.00% or 20.00 points to trade at 220.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Etihad Atheeb Telecommunication (TADAWUL:7040) added 7.10% or 7.40 points to end at 111.60 and Aljazira Takaful Taawuni Company (TADAWUL:8012) was up 6.94% or 1.20 points to 18.50 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Saudi Pharmaceutical Appliances (TADAWUL:2070), which fell 3.75% or 1.15 points to trade at 29.50 at the close. Astra Industrial Group (TADAWUL:1212) declined 3.40% or 5.00 points to end at 142.00 and International Company for Water and Power Projects (ACWA Power) (TADAWUL:2082) was down 3.10% or 13.00 points to 407.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 233 to 54 and 12 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.14% or 0.11 to $76.88 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.10% or 0.08 to hit $81.03 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.33% or 7.75 to trade at $2,353.55 a troy ounce.

EUR/SAR was unchanged 0.08% to 4.07, while USD/SAR unchanged 0.01% to 3.75.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 104.51.