
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 lost 0.54%.
The best performers of the session on the were Food Products Co. (SE:), which rose 9.93% or 2.15 points to trade at 23.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Saudi Industrial Export Co (SE:) added 9.79% or 3.20 points to end at 35.90 and Anaam International Holding Group (SE:) was up 7.65% or 1.30 points to 18.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Al Hammadi Co (SE:), which fell 4.95% or 2.20 points to trade at 42.20 at the close. Tourism Enterprise Co. (SE:) declined 4.77% or 1.90 points to end at 37.90 and Al Sagr Co-operative Insurance Co (SE:) was down 4.42% or 1.30 points to 28.10.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 83 to 62 and 22 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.83% or 0.24 to $29.93 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.44% or 0.14 to hit $33.02 a barrel, while the April Gold contract fell 0.13% or 1.60 to trade at $1196.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.43% to 4.2150, while USD/SAR rose 0.02% to 3.7508.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.37% at 96.39.
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