Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Transport, Petrochemicals and Industrial Investment sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share gained 1.39%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Steel Pipe Company (SE:1320), which rose 9.94% or 1.70 points to trade at 18.80 at the close. Yanbu National Petrochemical Co (SE:2290) added 6.52% or 2.60 points to end at 42.50 and Arabian Pipes Company (SE:2200) was up 4.71% or 0.45 points to 10.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Al Sagr Co-operative Insurance Co (SE:8180), which lost 1.71% or 0.60 points to trade at 34.40 in late trade. Fawaz Abdulaziz AlHokair Company (SE:4240) declined 1.48% or 0.70 points to end at 46.70 and Southern Province Cement Co. (SE:3050) shed 1.35% or 1.00 points to 73.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 152 to 13 and 3 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.41% or 0.20 to $49.53 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.46% or 0.23 to hit $50.13 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.17% or 2.05 to trade at $1214.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.14% to 4.1825, while USD/SAR fell 0.05% to 3.7483.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.14% at 95.59.