Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Media & Publishing, Retail and Energy & Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share added 0.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Research and Marketing Group (SE:4210), which rose 9.96% or 4.45 points to trade at 49.15 at the close. Saudi Steel Pipe Company (SE:1320) added 8.30% or 1.28 points to end at 16.70 and United Electronics Company (SE:4003) was up 8.13% or 3.00 points to 39.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dar Alarkan Real Estate Development (SE:4300), which lost 4.92% or 0.30 points to trade at 5.80 in late trade. Southern Province Cement Co. (SE:3050) declined 4.81% or 2.60 points to end at 51.40 and Saudi Ceramic Co. (SE:2040) shed 3.45% or 1.00 points to 28.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 104 to 60 and 16 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.38% or 0.17 to $44.23 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.38% or 0.18 to hit $46.70 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.16% or 1.92 to trade at $1211.28 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.02% to 4.2743, while USD/SAR fell 0.01% to 3.7500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 95.91.