Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Real Estate Development, Industrial Investment and Media & Publishing sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share gained 0.11% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Makkah Construction&Development Co (SE:4100), which rose 9.98% or 7.43 points to trade at 81.90 at the close. Alinma Tokio Marine Co (SE:8312) added 5.96% or 1.26 points to end at 22.40 and Al Andalus Property Co SJSC (SE:4320) was up 5.07% or 0.99 points to 20.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included United Int Transportation Company (SE:4260), which lost 3.98% or 1.11 points to trade at 26.80 in late trade. Fawaz Abdulaziz AlHokair Company (SE:4240) declined 3.68% or 1.14 points to end at 29.80 and Eastern Province Cement Co. (SE:3080) shed 3.24% or 0.83 points to 24.80.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 107 to 74 and 4 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.58% or 0.33 to $57.55 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.49% or 0.31 to hit $63.72 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.03% or 0.40 to trade at $1265.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.36% to 4.4342, while USD/SAR rose 0.01% to 3.7504.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 93.09.