Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Telecoms & IT, Transport and Cement sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share added 0.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Al Baha Investment and Development Company SJSC (SE:4130), which rose 9.34% or 1.88 points to trade at 22.00 at the close. Anaam International Holding Group (SE:4061) added 3.77% or 0.46 points to end at 12.66 and Zamil Industrial Investment Co (SE:2240) was up 3.44% or 0.60 points to 18.02 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dallah Healthcare Holding Company (SE:4004), which lost 1.77% or 1.20 points to trade at 66.50 in late trade. Banque Saudi Fransi (SE:1050) declined 1.76% or 0.65 points to end at 36.35 and National Medical Care Company (SE:4005) shed 1.75% or 0.85 points to 47.65.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 105 to 64 and 22 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.25% or 0.14 to $55.62 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.68% or 0.44 to hit $65.35 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.12% or 1.65 to trade at $1327.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.03% to 4.2606, while USD/SAR unchanged 0% to 3.7504.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 96.208.