Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Agriculture & Food, Industrial Investment and Building & Construction sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share added 0.45%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Printing & Packaging Company (SE:4270), which rose 9.81% or 1.82 points to trade at 20.38 at the close. Tihama Advertising&Public Relations (SE:4070) added 9.59% or 4.70 points to end at 53.70 and Saudi Paper Manufacturing Co. (SE:2300) was up 7.55% or 0.56 points to 7.98 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Al Andalus Property Co SJSC (SE:4320), which lost 3.57% or 0.80 points to trade at 21.60 in late trade. Zamil Industrial Investment Co (SE:2240) declined 3.55% or 1.00 points to end at 27.15 and Jazan Development Co. (SE:6090) shed 2.62% or 0.42 points to 15.64.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 105 to 59 and 16 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.04% or 0.02 to $49.41 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.08% or 0.04 to hit $52.33 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.26% or 3.27 to trade at $1267.97 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.14% to 4.4299, while USD/SAR rose 0.00% to 3.7504.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 93.21.