Saudi Arabia shares lower at close of trade; Tadawul All Share down 0.29%

Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Real Estate Development , Transport and Retail sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share declined 0.29%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Industrial Export Co (SE: 4140 ), which rose 9.97% or 22.20 points to trade at 244.80 at the close. National Agriculture Marketing Co. (SE: 4160 ) added 5.46% or 1.63 points to end at 31.50 and Arabia Insurance Cooperative Co (SE: 8160 ) was up 3.75% or 0.65 points to 17.98 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Saudi Transport & Investment Co (SE: 4110 ), which lost 3.04% or 1.91 points to trade at 61.00 in late trade. Saudi Company for Hardware (SE: 4008 ) declined 2.96% or 3.61 points to end at 118.40 and Saudi Arabia Fertilizers Co. (SE: 2020 ) shed 2.31% or 1.54 points to 65.10.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 98 to 83 and 4 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.58% or 0.36 to $61.91 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.88% or 0.58 to hit $65.09 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 1.10% or 14.90 to trade at $1341.30 a troy ounce.

EUR/SAR was down 0.55% to 4.6273, while USD/SAR rose 0.03% to 3.7510.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.55% at 89.57.