Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Energy & Utilities, Petrochemicals and Transport sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share gained 0.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Malath Cooperative Insurance Co (SE:8020), which rose 9.87% or 1.36 points to trade at 15.14 at the close. United Cooperative Assurance Co (SE:8190) added 6.59% or 0.90 points to end at 14.56 and Electrical Industries Co (SE:1303) was up 4.26% or 0.86 points to 21.06 in late trade.
Biggest losers included The Company for Coop. Insurance (SE:8010), which lost 2.38% or 2.41 points to trade at 99.00 in late trade. Makkah Construction&Development Co (SE:4100) declined 2.19% or 1.73 points to end at 77.10 and Saudi Enaya Cooperative Insurance (SE:8311) shed 2.07% or 0.49 points to 23.18.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 93 to 74 and 10 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.04% or 0.02 to $51.89 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.26% or 0.15 to hit $57.97 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 1.24% or 16.12 to trade at $1286.88 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.41% to 4.4060, while USD/SAR fell 0.01% to 3.7502.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.39% at 93.50.