Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Real Estate Development, Transport and Retail sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share fell 0.29%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Industrial Export Co (SE:4140), which rose 9.97% or 22.20 points to trade at 244.80 at the close. Meanwhile, National Agriculture Marketing Co. (SE:4160) added 5.46% or 1.63 points to end at 31.50 and Arabia Insurance Cooperative Co (SE:8160) was up 3.75% or 0.65 points to 17.98 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Saudi Transport & Investment Co (SE:4110), which fell 3.04% or 1.91 points to trade at 61.00 at the close. Saudi Company for Hardware (SE:4008) declined 2.96% or 3.61 points to end at 118.40 and Saudi Arabia Fertilizers Co. (SE:2020) was down 2.31% or 1.54 points to 65.10.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 98 to 83 and 4 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.58% or 0.36 to $61.91 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.90% or 0.59 to hit $65.08 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 1.11% or 15.00 to trade at $1341.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.55% to 4.6273, while USD/SAR rose 0.03% to 3.7510.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.54% at 89.56.