Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Industrial Investment, Media & Publishing and Telecoms & IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share added 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Industrial Export Co (SE:4140), which rose 9.99% or 14.00 points to trade at 154.20 at the close. Saudi vitrified clay pipes co. (SE:2360) added 8.30% or 4.00 points to end at 52.20 and The Mediterranean&Gulf Insurance Co (SE:8030) was up 7.40% or 1.04 points to 15.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Middle East Healthcare Co CJSC (SE:4009), which lost 7.05% or 2.45 points to trade at 32.30 in late trade. AlJazira Mawten REIT (SE:4331) declined 5.79% or 0.92 points to end at 14.98 and Saudi Indian Company Insurance (SE:8110) shed 5.08% or 0.54 points to 10.08.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 101 to 75 and 10 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.41% or 0.26 to $62.84 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.57% or 0.42 to hit $72.75 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.56% or 6.90 to trade at $1236.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.21% to 4.2867, while USD/SAR rose 0.03% to 3.7508.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 96.00.