Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Media & Publishing, Multi Investment and Retail sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share fell 0.45%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Al Andalus Property Co SJSC (SE:4320), which rose 4.17% or 0.96 points to trade at 23.96 at the close. Al Hammadi Co (SE:4007) added 3.56% or 1.40 points to end at 40.75 and ACE ARABIA COOPERATIVE INSURANCE (SE:8240) was up 2.91% or 1.30 points to 45.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included AlJazira Mawten REIT (SE:4331), which lost 4.00% or 0.76 points to trade at 18.22 in late trade. Saudi Fisheries Co. (SE:6050) declined 4.00% or 1.15 points to end at 27.60 and Etihad Atheeb Telecommunication (SE:7040) shed 3.37% or 0.300 points to 8.600.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 128 to 35 and 13 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.34% or 0.16 to $47.24 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.42% or 0.21 to hit $49.26 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.99% or 12.65 to trade at $1295.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.05% to 4.2232, while USD/SAR rose 0.02% to 3.7506.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 96.61.