Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Agriculture & Food, Insurance and Financial Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share fell 0.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Jazan Development Co. (SE:6090), which rose 8.33% or 1.00 points to trade at 13.00 at the close. Saudi Industrial Development Co. (SE:2130) added 5.00% or 0.55 points to end at 11.55 and Herfy Food Services Co (SE:6002) was up 3.05% or 2.50 points to 84.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Umm Al-Qura (SE:3005), which lost 3.78% or 0.80 points to trade at 20.35 in late trade. Saudi Indian Company Insurance (SE:8110) declined 3.27% or 0.65 points to end at 19.25 and Gulf Union Cooperative Insurance (SE:8120) shed 3.23% or 0.45 points to 13.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 96 to 56 and 18 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 1.64% or 0.88 to $54.66 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 1.42% or 0.80 to hit $56.98 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.59% or 7.25 to trade at $1231.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.70% to 3.9520, while USD/SAR rose 0.02% to 3.7504.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.57% at 101.50.