Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Cement, Financial Services and Agriculture & Food sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share gained 0.46%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Savola Group (SE:2050), which rose 3.38% or 1.25 points to trade at 38.20 at the close. Al-Ahlia Insurance Company (SE:8140) added 3.27% or 0.34 points to end at 10.74 and Saudi Indian Company Insurance (SE:8110) was up 2.94% or 0.29 points to 10.14 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Al Andalus Property Co SJSC (SE:4320), which lost 6.68% or 1.36 points to trade at 19.00 in late trade. Etihad Etisalat Co (SE:7020) declined 5.27% or 1.12 points to end at 20.12 and Abdullah A. M. Al-Khodari Sons Co (SE:1330) shed 4.58% or 0.37 points to 7.70.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 83 to 81 and 18 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.12% or 0.76 to $67.12 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.98% or 0.74 to hit $76.06 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.72% or 9.40 to trade at $1294.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.40% to 4.3418, while USD/SAR fell 0.01% to 3.7496.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 94.63.