Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Hotels & Tourism, Petrochemicals and Retail sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share lost 0.25%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Fisheries Co. (SE:6050), which rose 9.52% or 0.90 points to trade at 10.35 at the close. Meanwhile, Al Sorayai Trading&Industrial Group (SE:1213) added 4.67% or 0.35 points to end at 7.85 and Abdullah A. M. Al-Khodari Sons Co (SE:1330) was up 4.52% or 0.35 points to 8.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mouwasat Medical Services Company (SE:4002), which fell 3.96% or 5.25 points to trade at 127.25 at the close. AXA Cooperative Insurance Company (SE:8250) declined 3.47% or 0.45 points to end at 12.50 and Trade Union Cooperative Insurance (SE:8170) was down 3.25% or 0.40 points to 11.90.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 87 to 65 and 17 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.77% or 0.36 to $47.22 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 1.13% or 0.55 to hit $49.16 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 1.21% or 15.45 to trade at $1288.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.42% to 4.1351, while USD/SAR unchanged 0.00% to 3.7504.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.31% at 98.02.