Saudi Arabia stocks lower at close of trade; Tadawul All Share down 0.04%

Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Building & Construction, Cement and Industrial Investment sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share declined 0.04%.

The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Alistithmar AREIC Diversified REIT Unit (TADAWUL:4350), which rose 8.62% or 0.67 points to trade at 8.44 at the close. Meanwhile, Tamkeen Human Resources Co (TADAWUL:1835) added 5.73% or 3.10 points to end at 57.20 and Lumi Rental Co (TADAWUL:4262) was up 2.79% or 1.65 points to 60.70 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Fawaz Abdulaziz AlHokair Company (TADAWUL:4240), which fell 5.18% or 1.24 points to trade at 22.71 at the close. Red Sea Housing Services Company (TADAWUL:4230) declined 4.62% or 2.10 points to end at 43.34 and Lazurde for Jewelry Co (TADAWUL:4011) was down 2.41% or 0.32 points to 12.96.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 210 to 126 and 20 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for October delivery was down 1.18% or 0.74 to $61.96 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 1.08% or 0.72 to hit $65.88 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.11% or 3.62 to trade at $3,381.62 a troy ounce.

EUR/SAR was up 0.17% to 4.38, while USD/SAR unchanged 0.01% to 3.75.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 97.93.