Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the declined 0.49%.
The best performers of the session on the were AL JOUF CEMENT COMPANY (TADAWUL:), which rose 4.75% or 0.48 points to trade at 10.58 at the close. Meanwhile, Malath Cooperative Insurance Co (TADAWUL:) added 4.40% or 0.66 points to end at 15.66 and Al ELM Information Security Company CJSC (TADAWUL:) was up 3.87% or 41.00 points to 1,101.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fawaz Abdulaziz AlHokair Company (TADAWUL:), which fell 4.42% or 0.56 points to trade at 12.12 at the close. Rasan Information Technology (TADAWUL:) declined 4.19% or 3.50 points to end at 80.10 and Red Sea Housing Services Company (TADAWUL:) was down 4.05% or 3.00 points to 71.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 184 to 110 and 27 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.72% or 0.49 to $68.53 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.71% or 0.51 to hit $72.34 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.22% or 5.85 to trade at $2,611.85 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.
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