Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Retail, Financial Services and Real Estate Development sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share lost 0.31%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Al Baha Investment and Development Company SJSC (SE:4130), which rose 10.00% or 1.80 points to trade at 19.80 at the close. Saudia Dairy and Foodstuff .Co (SE:2270) added 9.99% or 8.90 points to end at 98.00 and Al Sorayai Trading&Industrial Group (SE:1213) was up 9.96% or 1.08 points to 11.92 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Najran Cement Company (SE:3002), which lost 3.49% or 0.31 points to trade at 8.56 in late trade. Eastern Province Cement Co. (SE:3080) declined 3.31% or 0.70 points to end at 20.42 and Taiba Holding Co. (SE:4090) shed 2.83% or 0.85 points to 29.15.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 92 to 85 and 10 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 1.60% or 0.96 to $58.97 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 1.35% or 0.95 to hit $69.17 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.02% or 0.20 to trade at $1201.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.39% to 4.2245, while USD/SAR fell 0.01% to 3.7511.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 97.19.