Saudi Arabia shares lower at close of trade; Tadawul All Share down 0.24%

Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Agriculture & Food , Insurance and Industrial Investment sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share fell 0.24%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Al Sorayai Trading&Industrial Group (SE: 1213 ), which rose 7.17% or 1.15 points to trade at 17.20 at the close. Saudi Research and Marketing Group (SE: 4210 ) added 7.03% or 7.20 points to end at 109.60 and Saudi Industrial Services Co. (SE: 2190 ) was up 6.60% or 0.99 points to 15.98 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Arabian Cement Co (SE: 3010 ), which lost 8.25% or 2.72 points to trade at 30.25 in late trade. Saudia Dairy and Foodstuff .Co (SE: 2270 ) declined 3.76% or 4.42 points to end at 113.20 and Dallah Healthcare Holding Company (SE: 4004 ) shed 3.57% or 3.70 points to 99.90.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 120 to 67 on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.04% or 0.03 to $68.67 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.05% or 0.04 to hit $74.75 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.30% or 4.00 to trade at $1328.00 a troy ounce.

EUR/SAR was up 0.06% to 4.5806, while USD/SAR rose 0.02% to 3.7502.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 90.67.