Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Energy & Utilities , Media & Publishing and Industrial Investment sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share added 0.69%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were International Company for Water and Power Projects (ACWA Power) (TADAWUL: 2082 ), which rose 9.96% or 25.00 points to trade at 276.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Astra Industrial Group (TADAWUL: 1212 ) added 4.38% or 6.60 points to end at 157.20 and Saudi Industrial Investment Group (TADAWUL: 2250 ) was up 3.64% or 0.54 points to 15.38 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Raoom Trading Company SJSC (TADAWUL: 4144 ), which fell 4.31% or 3.10 points to trade at 68.90 at the close. Jabal Omar Development Company (TADAWUL: 4250 ) declined 4.14% or 0.98 points to end at 22.70 and SHL Financing Company SJSC (TADAWUL: 1183 ) was down 4.03% or 0.78 points to 18.56.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 230 to 106 and 21 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.08% or 0.05 to $61.58 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.05% or 0.03 to hit $64.24 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 1.00% or 33.86 to trade at $3,360.64 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was unchanged 0.07% to 4.26, while USD/SAR unchanged 0.01% to 3.75.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 99.00.