Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Real Estate Development, Telecoms & IT and Financial Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share lost 0.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Bupa Arabia for Coop. Insurance (SE:8210), which rose 7.61% or 5.50 points to trade at 77.80 at the close. Najran Cement Company (SE:3002) added 5.06% or 0.43 points to end at 8.92 and Al Sorayai Trading&Industrial Group (SE:1213) was up 3.56% or 0.50 points to 14.56 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Al Alamiya Cooperative Insurance (SE:8280), which lost 2.45% or 0.85 points to trade at 33.85 in late trade. Banque Saudi Fransi (SE:1050) declined 1.93% or 0.65 points to end at 33.00 and The Saudi British Bank (SE:1060) shed 1.90% or 0.65 points to 33.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 91 to 77 and 15 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.87% or 0.99 to $53.94 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 2.04% or 1.26 to hit $62.95 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.41% or 5.10 to trade at $1244.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.50% to 4.2810, while USD/SAR rose 0.02% to 3.7522.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.59% at 96.393.