Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Retail, Financial Services and Real Estate Development sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share declined 0.31%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Al Baha Investment and Development Company SJSC (SE:4130), which rose 10.00% or 1.80 points to trade at 19.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Saudia Dairy and Foodstuff .Co (SE:2270) added 9.99% or 8.90 points to end at 98.00 and Al Sorayai Trading&Industrial Group (SE:1213) was up 9.96% or 1.08 points to 11.92 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Najran Cement Company (SE:3002), which fell 3.49% or 0.31 points to trade at 8.56 at the close. Eastern Province Cement Co. (SE:3080) declined 3.31% or 0.70 points to end at 20.42 and Taiba Holding Co. (SE:4090) was down 2.83% or 0.85 points to 29.15.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 92 to 85 and 10 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 1.60% or 0.96 to $58.97 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 1.35% or 0.95 to hit $69.17 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.01% or 0.10 to trade at $1201.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.39% to 4.2245, while USD/SAR fell 0.01% to 3.7511.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 97.19.