Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Telecoms & IT, Energy & Utilities and Agriculture & Food sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share lost 0.32%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Transport & Investment Co (SE:4110), which rose 9.81% or 4.19 points to trade at 46.90 at the close. Ash-Sharqiyah Development Company (SE:6060) added 8.44% or 6.46 points to end at 83.00 and Saudi Printing & Packaging Company (SE:4270) was up 7.05% or 1.35 points to 20.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Etihad Etisalat Co (SE:7020), which lost 7.05% or 2.88 points to trade at 38.00 in late trade. Saudi Public Transport Co. (SE:4040) declined 5.28% or 1.66 points to end at 29.80 and Solidarity Saudi Takaful Co (SE:8290) shed 4.99% or 0.85 points to 16.20.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 86 to 76 on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.19% or 0.11 to $57.77 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.24% or 0.15 to hit $63.30 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.33% or 3.90 to trade at $1197.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.37% to 4.0118, while USD/SAR fell 0.02% to 3.7497.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.29% at 98.44.