Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Energy & Utilities, Financial Services and Cement sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share fell 0.18% to hit a new 6-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Savola Group (SE:2050), which rose 4.23% or 1.30 points to trade at 32.00 at the close. Filing & Packing Materials Co. (SE:2180) added 4.17% or 1.30 points to end at 32.50 and National Medical Care Company (SE:4005) was up 3.93% or 2.25 points to 59.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dallah Healthcare Holding Company (SE:4004), which lost 4.05% or 3.25 points to trade at 77.00 in late trade. Al Hammadi Co (SE:4007) declined 3.18% or 1.00 points to end at 30.40 and Saudi Marke (SE:4006) shed 3.10% or 0.90 points to 28.10.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 93 to 50 and 26 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 1.53% or 0.67 to $43.19 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 1.57% or 0.72 to hit $45.23 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.04% or 0.55 to trade at $1317.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.05% to 4.1935, while USD/SAR rose 0.02% to 3.7512.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.03% at 95.82.