Saudi Arabia shares higher at close of trade; Tadawul All Share up 0.20%

Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Retail, Agriculture&Food and Industrial Investment sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share added 0.20%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Enaya Cooperative Insurance (TADAWUL:8311), which rose 9.94% or 1.62 points to trade at 17.92 at the close. Amana Cooperative Insurance Co (TADAWUL:8310) added 9.85% or 1.18 points to end at 13.16 and Saudi Industrial Development Co. (TADAWUL:2130) was up 5.96% or 0.54 points to 9.60 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Tourism Enterprise Co. (TADAWUL:4170), which lost 4.21% or 0.04 points to trade at 0.91 in late trade. Saudi Fisheries Co. (TADAWUL:6050) declined 4.14% or 1.15 points to end at 26.60 and Miahona Holding SCJSC (TADAWUL:2084) shed 4.00% or 1.25 points to 30.00.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 174 to 111 and 25 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.95% or 0.65 to $68.06 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.93% or 0.67 to hit $71.17 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.25% or 6.30 to trade at $2,539.00 a troy ounce.

EUR/SAR was unchanged 0.10% to 4.14, while USD/SAR unchanged 0.02% to 3.75.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 101.59.