Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Financial Services, Transport and Hotels & Tourism sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share lost 1.33%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Tihama Advertising&Public Relations (SE:4070), which rose 5.72% or 1.75 points to trade at 32.35 at the close. National Industrialization Co (SE:2060) added 2.53% or 0.34 points to end at 13.78 and National Agriculture Marketing Co. (SE:4160) was up 2.10% or 0.65 points to 31.55 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Samba Financial Group (SE:1090), which lost 4.86% or 1.16 points to trade at 22.72 in late trade. The Saudi British Bank (SE:1060) declined 4.71% or 1.20 points to end at 24.30 and Arab National Bank (SE:1080) shed 4.39% or 0.92 points to 20.04.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 122 to 49 and 6 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 2.54% or 1.13 to $43.30 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 2.37% or 1.11 to hit $45.80 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.03% or 0.32 to trade at $1246.38 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.00% to 4.1806, while USD/SAR rose 0.03% to 3.7508.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 97.31.