Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Building & Construction, Media & Publishing and Petrochemicals sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share gained 0.70%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Abdullah A. M. Al-Khodari Sons Co (SE:1330), which rose 10.40% or 1.05 points to trade at 11.15 at the close. Al Sorayai Trading&Industrial Group (SE:1213) added 9.47% or 0.80 points to end at 9.25 and Alinma Tokio Marine Co (SE:8312) was up 4.96% or 1.30 points to 27.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nama Chemicals Co. (SE:2210), which lost 7.28% or 1.52 points to trade at 19.35 in late trade. Saudi Fisheries Co. (SE:6050) declined 2.59% or 0.70 points to end at 26.30 and Bupa Arabia for Coop. Insurance (SE:8210) shed 1.96% or 2.25 points to 112.75.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 117 to 36 and 25 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.82% or 0.40 to $49.25 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.77% or 0.40 to hit $52.22 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.40% or 4.94 to trade at $1234.94 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.91% to 4.1541, while USD/SAR rose 0.01% to 3.7506.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.63% at 98.19.