Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Telecoms & IT, Energy & Utilities and Building & Construction sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share lost 0.17%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Research and Marketing Group (SE:4210), which rose 9.95% or 9.90 points to trade at 109.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Saudi Paper Manufacturing Co. (SE:2300) added 9.93% or 0.71 points to end at 7.86 and Falcom Petrochemical was up 6.90% or 2.20 points to 34.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were National Medical Care Company (SE:4005), which fell 4.78% or 2.70 points to trade at 53.80 at the close. Nama Chemicals Co. (SE:2210) declined 4.11% or 1.20 points to end at 28.00 and Al Sagr Co-operative Insurance Co (SE:8180) was down 3.33% or 0.56 points to 16.24.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 89 to 74 and 19 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 1.41% or 0.99 to $69.14 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.73% or 0.55 to hit $75.00 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.60% or 7.30 to trade at $1214.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.10% to 4.3930, while USD/SAR rose 0.07% to 3.7519.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 94.24.