Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Media & Publishing, Multi Investment and Retail sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share fell 2.45%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Anb Insurance (SE:8011), which rose 9.71% or 5.00 points to trade at 56.50 at the close. Al Sorayai Trading&Industrial Group (SE:1213) added 2.08% or 0.35 points to end at 17.20 and The National Shipping Co. (SE:4030) was up 1.07% or 0.50 points to 47.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Saudi Printing & Packaging Company (SE:4270), which lost 9.96% or 2.60 points to trade at 23.50 in late trade. Saudi Research and Marketing Group (SE:4210) declined 9.90% or 5.00 points to end at 45.50 and Kingdom Holding Company (SE:4280) shed 9.61% or 1.95 points to 18.35.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 161 to 5 on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 2.11% or 0.80 to $36.85 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 1.44% or 0.58 to hit $40.15 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.59% or 6.30 to trade at $1068.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.31% to 4.0773, while USD/SAR rose 0.01% to 3.7518.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.19% at 98.55.