Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Energy & Utilities, Transport and Agriculture & Food sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share declined 0.62%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Al Sagr Co-operative Insurance Co (SE:8180), which rose 7.00% or 1.71 points to trade at 26.15 at the close. ACE ARABIA COOPERATIVE INSURANCE (SE:8240) added 5.73% or 1.35 points to end at 24.90 and Rabigh Refining & Petrochemical Co (SE:2380) was up 5.68% or 1.55 points to 28.85 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Saudi Ceramic Co. (SE:2040), which lost 4.62% or 1.10 points to trade at 22.70 in late trade. United Int Transportation Company (SE:4260) declined 4.02% or 1.50 points to end at 35.85 and Saudi Marke (SE:4006) shed 3.44% or 0.85 points to 23.86.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 114 to 60 and 14 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.80% or 0.55 to $68.02 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.72% or 0.54 to hit $74.15 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.80% or 10.60 to trade at $1308.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.11% to 4.5254, while USD/SAR rose 0.36% to 3.7636.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.46% at 92.05.