Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Agriculture & Food, Media & Publishing and Transport sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share lost 0.48%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Al Sorayai Trading&Industrial Group (SE:1213), which rose 6.12% or 0.86 points to trade at 14.92 at the close. Tabuk Cement Co. (SE:3090) added 3.68% or 0.48 points to end at 13.52 and National Agriculture Development Co (SE:6010) was up 3.24% or 1.15 points to 36.65 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Saudi Enaya Cooperative Insurance (SE:8311), which lost 5.99% or 1.60 points to trade at 25.10 in late trade. Saudi Indian Company Insurance (SE:8110) declined 5.21% or 0.78 points to end at 14.18 and United Int Transportation Company (SE:4260) shed 4.56% or 1.65 points to 34.55.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 99 to 64 and 21 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.43% or 1.06 to $75.00 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.25% or 0.97 to hit $78.27 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.77% or 9.50 to trade at $1251.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.06% to 4.3671, while USD/SAR fell 0.02% to 3.7494.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 94.44.