Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Real Estate Development, Transport and Retail sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share declined 0.29%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Industrial Export Co (SE:4140), which rose 9.97% or 22.20 points to trade at 244.80 at the close. National Agriculture Marketing Co. (SE:4160) added 5.46% or 1.63 points to end at 31.50 and Arabia Insurance Cooperative Co (SE:8160) was up 3.75% or 0.65 points to 17.98 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Saudi Transport & Investment Co (SE:4110), which lost 3.04% or 1.91 points to trade at 61.00 in late trade. Saudi Company for Hardware (SE:4008) declined 2.96% or 3.61 points to end at 118.40 and Saudi Arabia Fertilizers Co. (SE:2020) shed 2.31% or 1.54 points to 65.10.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 98 to 83 and 4 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.58% or 0.36 to $61.91 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.88% or 0.58 to hit $65.09 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 1.10% or 14.90 to trade at $1341.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.55% to 4.6273, while USD/SAR rose 0.03% to 3.7510.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.55% at 89.57.