Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Media & Publishing, Cement and Retail sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share added 2.10% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Middle East Healthcare Co (SE:4009), which rose 7.42% or 4.25 points to trade at 61.50 at the close. AL JOUF CEMENT COMPANY (SE:3091) added 7.28% or 0.55 points to end at 8.10 and Saudi Research and Marketing Group (SE:4210) was up 7.25% or 1.40 points to 20.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included United Electronics Company (SE:4003), which lost 1.66% or 0.30 points to trade at 17.75 in late trade. Saudi Industrial Export Co (SE:4140) declined 1.11% or 0.30 points to end at 26.70 and Takween Advanced Industries (SE:1201) shed 0.90% or 0.10 points to 10.95.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 122 to 21 and 26 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.49% or 0.22 to $44.67 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.43% or 0.20 to hit $45.95 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.09% or 1.15 to trade at $1280.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.00% to 4.1404, while USD/SAR unchanged 0.00% to 3.7506.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.01% at 97.79.