Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Hotels & Tourism, Multi Investment and Petrochemicals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share fell 0.73%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Printing & Packaging Company (SE:4270), which rose 10.00% or 2.05 points to trade at 22.55 at the close. Meanwhile, Saudi Research and Marketing Group (SE:4210) added 10.00% or 4.10 points to end at 45.10 and Amana Cooperative Insurance Co (SE:8310) was up 5.16% or 0.65 points to 13.25 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Saudi RE Cooperative Reinsurance (SE:8200), which fell 3.92% or 0.30 points to trade at 7.35 at the close. Al Hammadi Co (SE:4007) declined 3.81% or 1.70 points to end at 42.90 and Saudi Indian Company Insurance (SE:8110) was down 3.66% or 0.80 points to 21.05.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 128 to 31 and 9 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.39% or 0.17 to $43.61 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.31% or 0.57 to hit $44.20 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.23% or 2.95 to trade at $1263.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.05% to 4.2663, while USD/SAR rose 0.01% to 3.7505.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.11% at 94.24.