Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Transport, Multi Investment and Retail sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share rose 0.87%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Dar Alarkan Real Estate Development (SE:4300), which rose 10.10% or 0.50 points to trade at 5.45 at the close. Fawaz Abdulaziz AlHokair Company (SE:4240) added 9.91% or 4.40 points to end at 48.80 and Saudi Public Transport Co. (SE:4040) was up 9.64% or 1.20 points to 13.65 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Basic Chemical Industries Co (SE:1210), which lost 1.58% or 0.50 points to trade at 31.10 in late trade. Bupa Arabia for Coop. Insurance (SE:8210) declined 1.07% or 1.50 points to end at 138.50 and Saudia Dairy and Foodstuff .Co (SE:2270) shed 1.01% or 1.50 points to 147.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 141 to 16 and 12 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.85% or 0.42 to $50.11 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 1.07% or 0.54 to hit $51.09 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.30% or 3.75 to trade at $1243.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.04% to 4.2595, while USD/SAR rose 0.01% to 3.7502.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.13% at 93.91.