Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Agriculture & Food, Cement and Insurance sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share fell 0.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Alujain Corporation (SE:2170), which rose 9.95% or 2.12 points to trade at 23.42 at the close. Saudi Steel Pipe Company (SE:1320) added 8.40% or 1.52 points to end at 19.62 and Saudi Industrial Services Co. (SE:2190) was up 3.78% or 0.42 points to 11.54 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Saudi Cable Company (SE:2110), which lost 3.13% or 1.40 points to trade at 43.30 in late trade. United Int Transportation Company (SE:4260) declined 2.42% or 0.70 points to end at 28.20 and Mobile Telecommunications Company (SE:7030) shed 1.90% or 0.18 points to 9.30.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 100 to 75 and 16 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.52% or 0.82 to $53.22 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 1.37% or 0.86 to hit $61.88 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.03% or 0.35 to trade at $1282.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.09% to 4.2583, while USD/SAR rose 0.00% to 3.7505.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 96.058.