Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Agriculture & Food, Petrochemicals and Energy & Utilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share lost 0.33%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Alinma Tokio Marine Co (SE:8312), which rose 9.99% or 1.94 points to trade at 21.36 at the close. Saudi Enaya Cooperative Insurance (SE:8311) added 9.84% or 2.85 points to end at 31.80 and Filing & Packing Materials Co. (SE:2180) was up 4.56% or 1.60 points to 36.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Saudi Arabia Refineries Co. (SE:2030), which lost 3.90% or 1.80 points to trade at 44.30 in late trade. Alujain Corporation (SE:2170) declined 3.24% or 1.10 points to end at 32.80 and National Medical Care Company (SE:4005) shed 2.59% or 1.50 points to 56.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 110 to 64 and 10 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.52% or 0.35 to $66.72 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.07% or 0.05 to hit $71.89 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.27% or 3.30 to trade at $1236.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.10% to 4.3876, while USD/SAR rose 0.01% to 3.7504.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 94.45.