Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Financial Services, Telecoms & IT and Agriculture & Food sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share lost 1.29%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were ALAHLI TAKAFUL COMPANY (SE:8130), which rose 9.99% or 2.20 points to trade at 24.22 at the close. Meanwhile, Saudi Industrial Export Co (SE:4140) added 9.89% or 11.00 points to end at 122.20 and Umm Al-Qura (SE:3005) was up 8.86% or 0.92 points to 11.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Arab National Bank (SE:1080), which fell 9.86% or 3.40 points to trade at 31.10 at the close. Banque Saudi Fransi (SE:1050) declined 8.57% or 3.00 points to end at 32.00 and The Saudi British Bank (SE:1060) was down 7.04% or 2.50 points to 33.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 158 to 27 and 2 ended unchanged.
Shares in Saudi Industrial Export Co (SE:4140) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 9.89% or 11.00 to 122.20.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 2.01% or 1.39 to $67.78 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 2.37% or 1.89 to hit $77.94 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.68% or 20.50 to trade at $1241.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.07% to 4.2989, while USD/SAR fell 0.04% to 3.7509.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 95.70.