Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Agriculture & Food, Building & Construction and Industrial Investment sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share rose 0.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were National Agriculture Development Co (SE:6010), which rose 6.45% or 1.80 points to trade at 29.70 at the close. Al Andalus Property Co SJSC (SE:4320) added 5.28% or 0.95 points to end at 18.95 and Etihad Atheeb Telecommunication (SE:7040) was up 5.19% or 0.200 points to 4.050 in late trade.
Biggest losers included The Mediterranean&Gulf Insurance Co (SE:8030), which lost 3.35% or 0.80 points to trade at 23.05 in late trade. Saudi Public Transport Co. (SE:4040) declined 3.01% or 0.45 points to end at 14.50 and Al Hammadi Co (SE:4007) shed 2.75% or 1.20 points to 42.50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 115 to 46 and 17 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.03% or 0.49 to $48.22 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.02% or 0.52 to hit $51.42 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.12% or 1.55 to trade at $1257.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.05% to 4.0730, while USD/SAR fell 0.01% to 3.7499.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 98.98.