Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Energy & Utilities, Petrochemicals and Retail sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share fell 0.02% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Nama Chemicals Co. (SE:2210), which rose 9.90% or 1.66 points to trade at 18.42 at the close. Tabuk Cement Co. (SE:3090) added 5.92% or 0.60 points to end at 10.74 and Dallah Healthcare Holding Company (SE:4004) was up 4.22% or 4.21 points to 104.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Middle East Healthcare Co (SE:4009), which lost 9.88% or 6.03 points to trade at 55.00 in late trade. ACE ARABIA COOPERATIVE INSURANCE (SE:8240) declined 8.38% or 2.41 points to end at 26.35 and The National Shipping Co. (SE:4030) shed 7.82% or 2.29 points to 27.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 114 to 61 and 3 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.91% or 0.47 to $52.37 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.61% or 0.35 to hit $57.72 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.23% or 2.89 to trade at $1278.01 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.10% to 4.4107, while USD/SAR rose 0.02% to 3.7511.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 93.78.