Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Hotels & Tourism, Multi Investment and Petrochemicals sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share lost 0.73%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Printing & Packaging Company (SE:4270), which rose 10.00% or 2.05 points to trade at 22.55 at the close. Saudi Research and Marketing Group (SE:4210) added 10.00% or 4.10 points to end at 45.10 and Amana Cooperative Insurance Co (SE:8310) was up 5.16% or 0.65 points to 13.25 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Saudi RE Cooperative Reinsurance (SE:8200), which lost 3.92% or 0.30 points to trade at 7.35 in late trade. Al Hammadi Co (SE:4007) declined 3.81% or 1.70 points to end at 42.90 and Saudi Indian Company Insurance (SE:8110) shed 3.66% or 0.80 points to 21.05.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 128 to 31 and 9 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.32% or 0.14 to $43.58 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.31% or 0.57 to hit $44.20 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.23% or 2.85 to trade at $1263.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.05% to 4.2663, while USD/SAR rose 0.01% to 3.7505.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.10% at 94.23.