Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Media & Publishing, Transport and Energy & Utilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share lost 0.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Gulf Union Cooperative Insurance (SE:8120), which rose 10.04% or 1.60 points to trade at 17.54 at the close. Salama Cooperative Insurance Co (SE:8050) added 4.66% or 0.76 points to end at 17.06 and Fawaz Abdulaziz AlHokair Company (SE:4240) was up 4.17% or 1.60 points to 40.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Saudi Research and Marketing Group (SE:4210), which lost 2.39% or 0.70 points to trade at 28.65 in late trade. Saudi Fisheries Co. (SE:6050) declined 2.26% or 0.60 points to end at 25.90 and Jazan Development Co. (SE:6090) shed 2.00% or 0.26 points to 12.72.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 84 to 78 and 14 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.28% or 0.13 to $45.95 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.08% or 0.04 to hit $48.25 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.48% or 6.09 to trade at $1262.81 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.02% to 4.2032, while USD/SAR fell 0.02% to 3.7502.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 97.04.