Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Hotels & Tourism, Petrochemicals and Retail sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share lost 0.25%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Fisheries Co. (SE:6050), which rose 9.52% or 0.90 points to trade at 10.35 at the close. Al Sorayai Trading&Industrial Group (SE:1213) added 4.67% or 0.35 points to end at 7.85 and Abdullah A. M. Al-Khodari Sons Co (SE:1330) was up 4.52% or 0.35 points to 8.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mouwasat Medical Services Company (SE:4002), which lost 3.96% or 5.25 points to trade at 127.25 in late trade. AXA Cooperative Insurance Company (SE:8250) declined 3.47% or 0.45 points to end at 12.50 and Trade Union Cooperative Insurance (SE:8170) shed 3.25% or 0.40 points to 11.90.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 87 to 65 and 17 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.77% or 0.36 to $47.22 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 1.13% or 0.55 to hit $49.16 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 1.21% or 15.45 to trade at $1288.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.42% to 4.1351, while USD/SAR unchanged 0.00% to 3.7504.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.31% at 98.02.