Saudi Arabia shares lower at close of trade; Tadawul All Share down 0.49%

Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Real Estate Development, Retail and Hotels&Tourism sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share lost 0.49%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were AL JOUF CEMENT COMPANY (TADAWUL:3091), which rose 4.75% or 0.48 points to trade at 10.58 at the close. Malath Cooperative Insurance Co (TADAWUL:8020) added 4.40% or 0.66 points to end at 15.66 and Al ELM Information Security Company CJSC (TADAWUL:7203) was up 3.87% or 41.00 points to 1,101.00 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Fawaz Abdulaziz AlHokair Company (TADAWUL:4240), which lost 4.42% or 0.56 points to trade at 12.12 in late trade. Rasan Information Technology (TADAWUL:8313) declined 4.19% or 3.50 points to end at 80.10 and Red Sea Housing Services Company (TADAWUL:4230) shed 4.05% or 3.00 points to 71.00.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 184 to 110 and 27 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.75% or 0.51 to $68.55 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.74% or 0.53 to hit $72.36 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.22% or 5.75 to trade at $2,611.95 a troy ounce.

EUR/SAR was down 0.31% to 3.99, while USD/SAR unchanged 0.02% to 3.76.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 105.73.