Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Building & Construction, Petrochemicals and Financial Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share added 0.25%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Enaya Cooperative Insurance (SE:8311), which rose 8.21% or 2.55 points to trade at 33.60 at the close. Saudi Advanced Industries Co. (SE:2120) added 5.70% or 0.70 points to end at 12.98 and National Medical Care Company (SE:4005) was up 4.07% or 1.80 points to 46.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included AlJazira Mawten REIT (SE:4331), which lost 2.86% or 0.46 points to trade at 15.62 in late trade. Allied Cooperative Insurance Group (SE:8150) declined 2.33% or 0.44 points to end at 18.44 and Jarir Marketing Co (SE:4190) shed 1.42% or 2.20 points to 152.20.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 115 to 63 and 9 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 2.41% or 1.23 to $52.23 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 1.50% or 0.90 to hit $60.87 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.06% or 0.80 to trade at $1250.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.20% to 4.2535, while USD/SAR fell 0.04% to 3.7517.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 97.245.