Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Agriculture & Food, Transport and Real Estate Development sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share fell 0.38% to hit a new 6-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Printing & Packaging Company (SE:4270), which rose 9.90% or 1.58 points to trade at 17.54 at the close. Saudi Research and Marketing Group (SE:4210) added 9.88% or 4.71 points to end at 52.40 and Tihama Advertising&Public Relations (SE:4070) was up 8.67% or 3.12 points to 39.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Middle East Healthcare Co (SE:4009), which lost 5.67% or 3.01 points to trade at 50.10 in late trade. Qassim Agriculture Co. (SE:6020) declined 2.96% or 0.34 points to end at 11.14 and Aldrees Petroleum & Transport Svcs (SE:4200) shed 2.77% or 0.68 points to 23.90.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 114 to 63 and 3 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.12% or 0.07 to $56.49 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.08% or 0.05 to hit $62.27 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.27% or 3.40 to trade at $1278.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.14% to 4.3936, while USD/SAR unchanged 0.00% to 3.7502.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 94.05.