Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Building & Construction, Financial Services and Hotels & Tourism sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share rose 0.38%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Shatirah House Restaurant Co (TADAWUL:6016), which rose 9.98% or 2.02 points to trade at 22.26 at the close. Fawaz Abdulaziz AlHokair Company (TADAWUL:4240) added 8.29% or 1.08 points to end at 14.10 and Development Works Food Co (TADAWUL:6013) was up 6.85% or 8.40 points to 131.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Al Baha Investment and Development Company SJSC (TADAWUL:4130), which lost 9.68% or 0.03 points to trade at 0.28 in late trade. National Medical Care Company (TADAWUL:4005) declined 3.89% or 6.60 points to end at 163.00 and Saudi Research and Marketing Group (TADAWUL:4210) shed 3.46% or 9.00 points to 251.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 172 to 132 and 21 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.38% or 0.26 to $68.91 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.30% or 0.22 to hit $73.08 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.87% or 22.70 to trade at $2,637.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.28% to 3.96, while USD/SAR unchanged 0.00% to 3.75.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 106.32.