Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Real Estate Development, Petrochemicals and Media & Publishing sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share lost 0.44% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Riyadh Cables Group Company CJSC (TADAWUL:4142), which rose 7.56% or 9.00 points to trade at 128.00 at the close. MBC Group CJSC (TADAWUL:4072) added 6.83% or 3.25 points to end at 50.80 and Al ELM Information Security Company CJSC (TADAWUL:7203) was up 4.03% or 42.80 points to 1,105.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Jadwa REIT Saudi Fund (TADAWUL:4342), which lost 5.12% or 0.56 points to trade at 10.38 in late trade. Al-Jouf Agriculture Development Co (TADAWUL:6070) declined 4.92% or 3.00 points to end at 58.00 and Ataa Educational Co (TADAWUL:4292) shed 4.24% or 3.20 points to 72.30.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 231 to 86 and 16 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.58% or 0.40 to $69.34 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.51% or 0.37 to hit $72.85 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.52% or 13.85 to trade at $2,656.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.39% to 3.96, while USD/SAR unchanged 0.03% to 3.76.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 106.52.