Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Agriculture & Food, Financial Services and Telecoms & IT sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share lost 0.62%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Al-Rajhi Cooperative Insurance (SE:8230), which rose 3.78% or 2.50 points to trade at 68.60 at the close. Alinma Tokio Marine Co (SE:8312) added 3.42% or 0.54 points to end at 16.34 and Malath Cooperative Insurance Co (SE:8020) was up 2.82% or 0.34 points to 12.38 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Allied Cooperative Insurance Group (SE:8150), which lost 4.92% or 1.16 points to trade at 22.40 in late trade. Savola Group (SE:2050) declined 3.75% or 1.25 points to end at 32.05 and Yamamah Saudi Cement Co. (SE:3020) shed 3.19% or 0.46 points to 13.98.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 106 to 72 and 11 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 1.02% or 0.57 to $56.55 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.12% or 0.08 to hit $66.42 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.96% or 12.75 to trade at $1334.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.12% to 4.2355, while USD/SAR rose 0.01% to 3.7504.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 96.780.