Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Transport, Hotels & Tourism and Real Estate Development sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share added 1.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Umm Al-Qura (SE:3005), which rose 9.97% or 3.00 points to trade at 33.10 at the close. Saudi Transport & Investment Co (SE:4110) added 9.19% or 4.63 points to end at 55.00 and National Gypsum Company (SE:2090) was up 7.31% or 1.25 points to 18.35 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SABB Takaful (SE:8080), which lost 9.89% or 4.30 points to trade at 39.20 in late trade. Saudi United Cooperative Insurance (SE:8060) declined 3.05% or 0.39 points to end at 12.40 and Al Alamiya Cooperative Insurance (SE:8280) shed 2.65% or 1.40 points to 51.50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 144 to 22 on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.26% or 0.12 to $45.93 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 3.62% or 1.73 to hit $49.35 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.27% or 3.00 to trade at $1124.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.07% to 4.1933, while USD/SAR unchanged 0.00% to 3.7506.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.16% at 95.99.