Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Hotels & Tourism, Insurance and Petrochemicals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share declined 0.88%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Steel Pipe Company (SE:1320), which rose 4.83% or 0.85 points to trade at 18.45 at the close. Meanwhile, Arabian Shield Coop Insurance Co (SE:8070) added 4.46% or 1.00 points to end at 23.40 and Alinma Tokio Marine Co (SE:8312) was up 4.28% or 0.90 points to 21.95 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Amana Cooperative Insurance Co (SE:8310), which fell 7.39% or 0.65 points to trade at 8.15 at the close. Saudi Industrial Investment Group (SE:2250) declined 4.65% or 0.60 points to end at 12.30 and Saudi Indian Company Insurance (SE:8110) was down 4.65% or 0.50 points to 10.25.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 107 to 47 and 13 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 1.24% or 0.46 to $36.72 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 1.21% or 0.48 to hit $39.05 a barrel, while the April Gold contract fell 1.04% or 12.90 to trade at $1232.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.09% to 4.1669, while USD/SAR fell 0.00% to 3.7499.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.01% at 96.61.