Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Media & Publishing, Real Estate Development and Industrial Investment sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share fell 0.73%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Anaam International Holding Group (SE:4061), which rose 9.93% or 1.14 points to trade at 12.62 at the close. Al Baha Investment and Development Company SJSC (SE:4130) added 9.50% or 1.84 points to end at 21.20 and Food Products Co. (SE:2100) was up 4.42% or 0.72 points to 17.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Saudi Industrial Export Co (SE:4140), which lost 9.94% or 10.80 points to trade at 97.80 in late trade. Saudi Cable Company (SE:2110) declined 6.24% or 2.20 points to end at 33.05 and Amana Cooperative Insurance Co (SE:8310) shed 5.60% or 1.00 points to 16.86.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 145 to 29 and 9 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 1.19% or 0.68 to $56.52 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 1.51% or 1.01 to hit $65.78 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.10% or 1.20 to trade at $1226.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.25% to 4.2859, while USD/SAR rose 0.01% to 3.7521.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 96.24.