Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Media & Publishing, Energy & Utilities and Cement sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share declined 0.23% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Red Sea Housing Services Company (SE:4230), which rose 9.88% or 2.40 points to trade at 26.70 at the close. Saudi Arabia Refineries Co. (SE:2030) added 4.97% or 1.50 points to end at 31.70 and Saudi Public Transport Co. (SE:4040) was up 3.72% or 0.50 points to 13.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Saudi Research and Marketing Group (SE:4210), which lost 7.02% or 2.40 points to trade at 31.80 in late trade. Saudi Industrial Investment Group (SE:2250) declined 4.78% or 0.60 points to end at 11.95 and Filing & Packing Materials Co. (SE:2180) shed 4.14% or 1.80 points to 41.70.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 77 to 75 and 17 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 1.12% or 0.53 to $46.88 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.90% or 0.44 to hit $48.72 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.31% or 4.15 to trade at $1347.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.05% to 4.2488, while USD/SAR fell 0.02% to 3.7499.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.18% at 94.35.