Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Energy & Utilities, Hotels & Tourism and Building & Construction sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share fell 0.26%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were AXA Cooperative Insurance Company (SE:8250), which rose 8.64% or 1.76 points to trade at 22.14 at the close. Rabigh Refining & Petrochemical Co (SE:2380) added 3.94% or 0.67 points to end at 17.68 and Alinma Tokio Marine Co (SE:8312) was up 2.99% or 0.64 points to 22.04 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dar Alarkan Real Estate Development (SE:4300), which lost 4.26% or 0.46 points to trade at 10.34 in late trade. Anb Insurance (SE:8011) declined 3.49% or 0.52 points to end at 14.40 and Tabuk Cement Co. (SE:3090) shed 2.99% or 0.40 points to 13.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 111 to 65 and 7 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.63% or 0.39 to $62.12 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.46% or 0.31 to hit $68.09 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.39% or 5.20 to trade at $1315.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.30% to 4.4749, while USD/SAR unchanged 0.00% to 3.7503.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 92.24.