Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Multi Investment, Retail and Building & Construction sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share fell 0.65%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were The Mediterranean&Gulf Insurance Co (SE:8030), which rose 4.30% or 1.10 points to trade at 26.70 at the close. Meanwhile, AXA Cooperative Insurance Company (SE:8250) added 3.45% or 0.50 points to end at 15.00 and Gulf General Cooperative Insurance (SE:8260) was up 2.09% or 0.30 points to 14.65 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Saudi Ground Services Co (SE:4031), which fell 5.22% or 3.50 points to trade at 63.50 at the close. Abdullah A. M. Al-Khodari Sons Co (SE:1330) declined 5.19% or 0.70 points to end at 12.80 and Aldrees Petroleum & Transport Svcs (SE:4200) was down 5.06% or 2.00 points to 37.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 131 to 23 and 15 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.77% or 0.41 to $53.47 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 1.11% or 0.61 to hit $55.53 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.94% or 10.70 to trade at $1132.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.39% to 3.8866, while USD/SAR fell 0.04% to 3.7496.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.43% at 103.51.