Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Insurance, Industrial Investment and Media & Publishing sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share gained 0.35%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were CHUBB Arabia Cooperative Insurance (TADAWUL:8240), which rose 8.17% or 3.40 points to trade at 45.00 at the close. Saudi Public Transport Co. (TADAWUL:4040) added 6.06% or 1.32 points to end at 23.12 and Fawaz Abdulaziz AlHokair Company (TADAWUL:4240) was up 5.74% or 0.74 points to 13.64 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Al Baha Investment and Development Company SJSC (TADAWUL:4130), which lost 8.57% or 0.03 points to trade at 0.32 in late trade. Almajed 4 Oud Company SJSC (TADAWUL:4165) declined 2.63% or 4.40 points to end at 162.80 and The National Co for Glass Industrie (TADAWUL:2150) shed 2.62% or 1.40 points to 52.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 184 to 110 and 18 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 4.24% or 3.13 to $70.70 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 3.96% or 3.07 to hit $74.39 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.10% or 2.70 to trade at $2,668.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was unchanged 0.04% to 4.09, while USD/SAR unchanged 0.02% to 3.75.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 102.93.