Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Energy & Utilities, Cement and Agriculture & Food sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share gained 1.14% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Red Sea Housing Services Company (TADAWUL:4230), which rose 9.95% or 6.20 points to trade at 68.50 at the close. Saudi Fisheries Co. (TADAWUL:6050) added 9.85% or 2.31 points to end at 25.75 and International Company for Water and Power Projects (TADAWUL:2082) was up 6.57% or 27.60 points to 448.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Maharah for Human Resources (TADAWUL:1831), which lost 5.37% or 0.41 points to trade at 7.22 in late trade. Retal Urban Development Company SJSC (TADAWUL:4322) declined 2.81% or 0.42 points to end at 14.52 and Dar Alarkan Real Estate Development (TADAWUL:4300) shed 2.64% or 0.40 points to 14.74.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 144 to 140 and 24 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 2.19% or 1.54 to $71.91 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.95% or 1.43 to hit $74.64 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.03% or 0.70 to trade at $2,653.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.17% to 4.18, while USD/SAR unchanged 0.00% to 3.75.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 100.42.