Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Petrochemicals, Media & Publishing and Building & Construction sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share fell 0.43%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Cable Company (SE:2110), which rose 9.43% or 2.50 points to trade at 29.00 at the close. Meanwhile, The Mediterranean&Gulf Insurance Co (SE:8030) added 6.43% or 0.92 points to end at 15.22 and Saudi Industrial Services Co. (SE:2190) was up 3.72% or 0.48 points to 13.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Advanced Petrochemical Company (SE:2330), which fell 2.51% or 1.30 points to trade at 50.40 at the close. Middle East Healthcare Co CJSC (SE:4009) declined 2.50% or 0.90 points to end at 35.15 and National Industrialization Co (SE:2060) was down 2.37% or 0.46 points to 18.94.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 116 to 53 and 14 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.32% or 0.24 to $74.53 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.57% or 0.48 to hit $84.39 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.18% or 2.10 to trade at $1190.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.31% to 4.2962, while USD/SAR rose 0.04% to 3.7515.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 95.71.