Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Media & Publishing, Telecoms & IT and Petrochemicals sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share gained 0.32%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Real Estate Co. (SE:4020), which rose 6.67% or 0.92 points to trade at 14.72 at the close. Knowledge Economic City (SE:4310) added 5.04% or 0.52 points to end at 10.84 and Saudi Industrial Services Co. (SE:2190) was up 4.93% or 0.68 points to 14.48 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Savola Group (SE:2050), which lost 4.10% or 1.25 points to trade at 29.25 in late trade. Middle East Healthcare Co CJSC (SE:4009) declined 3.55% or 1.45 points to end at 39.35 and Emaar The Economic City (SE:4220) shed 2.77% or 0.26 points to 9.12.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 86 to 77 and 20 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 1.76% or 1.23 to $71.03 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.41% or 1.10 to hit $79.25 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.79% or 9.50 to trade at $1197.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.54% to 4.3338, while USD/SAR rose 0.02% to 3.7513.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.49% at 95.54.