Saudi Arabia stocks lower at close of trade; Tadawul All Share down 0.06%

Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Energy & Utilities, Cement and Telecoms & IT sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share fell 0.06%.

The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Fawaz Abdulaziz AlHokair Company (TADAWUL:4240), which rose 7.35% or 1.75 points to trade at 25.56 at the close. Meanwhile, Seera Group Holding (TADAWUL:1810) added 3.56% or 0.98 points to end at 28.48 and United Electronics Company (TADAWUL:4003) was up 2.94% or 2.60 points to 90.90 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Saudi Industrial Investment Group (TADAWUL:2250), which fell 5.45% or 1.09 points to trade at 18.91 at the close. Advanced Petrochemical Company (TADAWUL:2330) declined 5.06% or 1.86 points to end at 34.90 and Yanbu National Petrochemical Co (TADAWUL:2290) was down 4.84% or 1.70 points to 33.44.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 203 to 128 and 21 ended unchanged.

Shares in Seera Group Holding (TADAWUL:1810) rose to 52-week highs; up 3.56% or 0.98 to 28.48.

Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.64% or 0.41 to $64.07 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.54% or 0.36 to hit $67.58 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.23% or 7.93 to trade at $3,410.57 a troy ounce.

EUR/SAR was down 0.15% to 4.39, while USD/SAR unchanged 0.02% to 3.75.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 97.80.