Saudi Arabia shares higher at close of trade; Tadawul All Share up 0.15%

Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Building&Construction, Media&Publishing and Cement sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share gained 0.15%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Al Sorayai Trading&Industrial Group (TADAWUL:1213), which rose 9.57% or 6.20 points to trade at 71.00 at the close. Saudi Arabian Mining Company (TADAWUL:1211) added 6.61% or 2.60 points to end at 41.95 and Rasan Information Technology (TADAWUL:8313) was up 4.64% or 2.80 points to 63.20 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Al Baha Investment and Development Company SJSC (TADAWUL:4130), which lost 5.56% or 0.01 points to trade at 0.17 in late trade. Saudi Arabian Cooperative Insurance (TADAWUL:8100) declined 3.26% or 0.58 points to end at 17.22 and Saudi Cable Company (TADAWUL:2110) shed 2.50% or 2.10 points to 81.90.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 156 to 133 and 17 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.06% or 0.04 to $68.98 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.15% or 0.11 to hit $72.64 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.24% or 6.15 to trade at $2,602.75 a troy ounce.

EUR/SAR was unchanged 0.00% to 4.17, while USD/SAR unchanged 0.01% to 3.75.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 100.46.