Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Media & Publishing, Multi Investment and Retail sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share declined 0.40%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Bupa Arabia for Coop. Insurance (SE:8210), which rose 4.90% or 10.50 points to trade at 225.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Umm Al-Qura (SE:3005) added 4.68% or 1.30 points to end at 29.10 and Saudi Advanced Industries Co. (SE:2120) was up 2.97% or 0.40 points to 13.85 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Saudi Printing & Packaging Company (SE:4270), which fell 5.62% or 1.25 points to trade at 21.00 at the close. Saudi Kayan Petrochemical Company (SE:2350) declined 4.00% or 0.35 points to end at 8.40 and Kingdom Holding Company (SE:4280) was down 3.95% or 0.65 points to 15.80.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 110 to 56.
Shares in Kingdom Holding Company (SE:4280) fell to 3-years lows; falling 3.95% or 0.65 to 15.80.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.76% or 0.34 to $44.20 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.37% or 0.17 to hit $48.09 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.27% or 2.90 to trade at $1091.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.38% to 4.0158, while USD/SAR rose 0.02% to 3.7506.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.21% at 99.33.