Saudi Arabia shares lower at close of trade; Tadawul All Share down 0.30%

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

At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share declined 0.30%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Dar Alarkan Real Estate Development (SE: 4300 ), which rose 5.92% or 0.72 points to trade at 12.88 at the close. Ash-Sharqiyah Development Company (SE: 6060 ) added 5.92% or 2.65 points to end at 47.40 and Al Alamiya Cooperative Insurance (SE: 8280 ) was up 3.12% or 0.82 points to 27.10 in late trade.

Biggest losers included United Int Transportation Company (SE: 4260 ), which lost 3.07% or 1.15 points to trade at 36.30 in late trade. Advanced Petrochemical Company (SE: 2330 ) declined 2.59% or 1.29 points to end at 48.55 and Yanbu National Petrochemical Co (SE: 2290 ) shed 2.18% or 1.61 points to 72.30.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 111 to 73 and 5 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.88% or 1.19 to $64.61 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.85% or 1.27 to hit $69.92 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.25% or 3.30 to trade at $1343.40 a troy ounce.

EUR/SAR was up 0.35% to 4.6357, while USD/SAR unchanged 0.00% to 3.7501.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 89.30.