Saudi Arabia shares higher at close of trade; Tadawul All Share up 0.32%

Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Media & Publishing , Real Estate Development and Transport sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share rose 0.32%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Nama Chemicals Co. (SE: 2210 ), which rose 7.82% or 2.05 points to trade at 28.25 at the close. SABB Takaful (SE: 8080 ) added 5.47% or 1.10 points to end at 21.20 and Saudi Research and Marketing Group (SE: 4210 ) was up 5.29% or 4.40 points to 87.50 in late trade.

Biggest losers included United Cooperative Assurance Co (SE: 8190 ), which lost 21.73% or 3.36 points to trade at 12.10 in late trade. Al-Rajhi Cooperative Insurance (SE: 8230 ) declined 3.81% or 2.20 points to end at 55.50 and Saudi Arabian Cooperative Insurance (SE: 8100 ) shed 1.76% or 0.26 points to 14.50.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 131 to 44 and 9 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.11% or 0.07 to $66.03 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.58% or 0.44 to hit $76.02 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.29% or 3.80 to trade at $1299.40 a troy ounce.

EUR/SAR was up 0.11% to 4.4240, while USD/SAR rose 0.01% to 3.7508.

The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 93.56.