Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Media & Publishing, Hotels & Tourism and Industrial Investment sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share added 0.04%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Allied Cooperative Insurance Group SJSC (TADAWUL:8150), which rose 9.95% or 1.46 points to trade at 16.14 at the close. Meanwhile, Red Sea Housing Services Company (TADAWUL:4230) added 9.95% or 4.05 points to end at 44.75 and Electrical Industries Co (TADAWUL:1303) was up 9.94% or 0.63 points to 6.97 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Riyad Bank (TADAWUL:1010), which fell 5.29% or 1.70 points to trade at 30.45 at the close. Raoom Trading Company SJSC (TADAWUL:4144) declined 3.24% or 2.90 points to end at 86.50 and Astra Industrial Group (TADAWUL:1212) was down 2.90% or 4.60 points to 153.80.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 225 to 100 and 22 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.37% or 0.84 to $62.34 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.31% or 0.85 to hit $65.61 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.53% or 17.34 to trade at $3,227.26 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was unchanged 0.03% to 4.26, while USD/SAR unchanged 0.03% to 3.75.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.44% at 99.46.