Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Energy & Utilities, Financial Services and Real Estate Development sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share lost 0.01%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Halwani Bros (SE:6001), which rose 10.00% or 6.80 points to trade at 74.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Allied Cooperative Insurance Group SJSC (SE:8150) added 9.89% or 5.50 points to end at 61.10 and Saudi Company for Hardware (SE:4008) was up 6.94% or 3.60 points to 55.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Electrical Industries Co (SE:1303), which fell 3.36% or 0.95 points to trade at 27.30 at the close. Al Samaani Factory Metal Industries Co CJSC (SE:1832) declined 2.60% or 6.20 points to end at 232.00 and Riyad Bank (SE:1010) was down 2.24% or 0.46 points to 20.10.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 114 to 71 and 17 ended unchanged.
Shares in Halwani Bros (SE:6001) rose to 5-year highs; rising 10.00% or 6.80 to 74.80. Shares in Allied Cooperative Insurance Group SJSC (SE:8150) rose to 5-year highs; rising 9.89% or 5.50 to 61.10.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.62% or 0.29 to $47.28 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.38% or 0.19 to hit $50.48 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 1.11% or 20.25 to trade at $1852.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.03% to 4.5563, while USD/SAR rose 0.01% to 3.7513.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 90.573.