Saudi Arabia shares lower at close of trade; Tadawul All Share down 0.22%

Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Building & Construction , Media & Publishing and Transport sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share lost 0.22%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Gulf Union Cooperative Insurance (SE: 8120 ), which rose 4.62% or 0.45 points to trade at 10.20 at the close. United Cooperative Assurance Co (SE: 8190 ) added 4.18% or 0.55 points to end at 13.70 and Saudi Int Petrochemical Co (SE: 2310 ) was up 2.27% or 0.30 points to 13.50 in late trade.

Biggest losers included BURUJ COOPERATIVE INSURANCE CO (SE: 8270 ), which lost 3.40% or 0.60 points to trade at 17.05 in late trade. Anb Insurance (SE: 8011 ) declined 3.39% or 0.65 points to end at 18.50 and Saudi Industrial Export Co (SE: 4140 ) shed 3.27% or 1.20 points to 35.50.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 126 to 32 and 11 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.99% or 0.44 to $44.00 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 2.41% or 1.15 to hit $46.48 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.86% or 11.45 to trade at $1338.15 a troy ounce.

EUR/SAR was up 0.12% to 4.1856, while USD/SAR rose 0.02% to 3.7505.

The US Dollar Index was down 0.10% at 95.64.