Saudi Arabia shares lower at close of trade; Tadawul All Share down 0.34%

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

At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share declined 0.34%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Indian Company Insurance (SE: 8110 ), which rose 7.77% or 1.60 points to trade at 22.20 at the close. AXA Cooperative Insurance Company (SE: 8250 ) added 5.24% or 1.00 points to end at 20.10 and Saudi United Cooperative Insurance (SE: 8060 ) was up 5.19% or 1.40 points to 28.40 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Saudi Ground Services Co (SE: 4031 ), which lost 2.26% or 1.25 points to trade at 54.00 in late trade. Yanbu National Petrochemical Co (SE: 2290 ) declined 2.11% or 1.25 points to end at 58.00 and Alujain Corporation (SE: 2170 ) shed 2.03% or 0.40 points to 19.30.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 93 to 61 and 16 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.58% or 0.31 to $52.70 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.61% or 0.34 to hit $55.38 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.03% or 0.35 to trade at $1231.75 a troy ounce.

EUR/SAR was down 0.69% to 4.0035, while USD/SAR unchanged 0.00% to 3.7500.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.72% at 100.56.