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

At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share rose 0.26% to hit a new 1-month high.

The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Tourism Enterprise Co. (TADAWUL: 4170 ), which rose 9.64% or 0.08 points to trade at 0.91 at the close. Meanwhile, AYYAN Investment Co SJSC (TADAWUL: 2140 ) added 4.28% or 0.59 points to end at 14.38 and Sumou Real Estate Company JSCC (TADAWUL: 4323 ) was up 4.18% or 1.72 points to 42.82 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Miahona Holding SCJSC (TADAWUL: 2084 ), which fell 3.35% or 0.90 points to trade at 25.98 at the close. Umm Al-Qura (TADAWUL: 3005 ) declined 3.21% or 0.55 points to end at 16.59 and Saudi Kayan Petrochemical Company (TADAWUL: 2350 ) was down 2.31% or 0.12 points to 5.07.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 169 to 155 and 20 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.16% or 0.77 to $67.27 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.92% or 0.63 to hit $68.93 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.87% or 29.19 to trade at $3,317.31 a troy ounce.

EUR/SAR was down 0.46% to 4.40, while USD/SAR unchanged 0.00% to 3.75.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 97.06.