Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Agriculture & Food, Industrial Investment and Retail sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share rose 0.72%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Fisheries Co. (SE:6050), which rose 10.11% or 2.35 points to trade at 25.60 at the close. Anb Insurance (SE:8011) added 5.34% or 1.10 points to end at 21.70 and Salama Cooperative Insurance Co (SE:8050) was up 4.78% or 0.75 points to 16.45 in late trade.
Biggest losers included The Saudi British Bank (SE:1060), which lost 1.33% or 0.30 points to trade at 22.30 in late trade. Riyad REIT (SE:4330) declined 1.14% or 0.15 points to end at 13.05 and Al Hammadi Co (SE:4007) shed 1.03% or 0.40 points to 38.30.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 118 to 32 and 27 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.02% or 0.51 to $49.29 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 1.63% or 0.86 to hit $51.78 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.33% or 4.21 to trade at $1263.89 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.01% to 4.1886, while USD/SAR fell 0.02% to 3.7499.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 97.38.