Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Hotels & Tourism, Insurance and Industrial Investment sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share fell 2.85% to hit a new 6-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Banque Saudi Fransi (SE:1050), which rose 0.91% or 0.30 points to trade at 33.20 at the close. Dallah Healthcare Holding Company (SE:4004) added 0.64% or 0.76 points to end at 119.00 and Arabian Pipes Company (SE:2200) was up 0.42% or 0.08 points to 18.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included BURUJ COOPERATIVE INSURANCE CO (SE:8270), which lost 10.00% or 2.50 points to trade at 22.50 in late trade. ACE ARABIA COOPERATIVE INSURANCE (SE:8240) declined 9.99% or 6.99 points to end at 63.00 and Takween Advanced Industries (SE:1201) shed 9.98% or 5.32 points to 48.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 161 to 5 on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.35% or 0.15 to $42.56 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.26% or 0.12 to hit $48.62 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.30% or 3.40 to trade at $1115.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.41% to 4.1396, while USD/SAR fell 0.00% to 3.7514.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.18% at 97.01.