Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Industrial Investment, Media & Publishing and Telecoms & IT sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share rose 0.13%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Industrial Export Co (SE:4140), which rose 9.99% or 14.00 points to trade at 154.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Saudi vitrified clay pipes co. (SE:2360) added 8.30% or 4.00 points to end at 52.20 and The Mediterranean&Gulf Insurance Co (SE:8030) was up 7.40% or 1.04 points to 15.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Middle East Healthcare Co CJSC (SE:4009), which fell 7.05% or 2.45 points to trade at 32.30 at the close. AlJazira Mawten REIT (SE:4331) declined 5.79% or 0.92 points to end at 14.98 and Saudi Indian Company Insurance (SE:8110) was down 5.08% or 0.54 points to 10.08.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 101 to 75 and 10 ended unchanged.
Shares in Saudi Industrial Export Co (SE:4140) rose to 52-week highs; rising 9.99% or 14.00 to 154.20.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.41% or 0.26 to $62.84 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.62% or 0.45 to hit $72.72 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.55% or 6.80 to trade at $1236.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.21% to 4.2865, while USD/SAR rose 0.03% to 3.7508.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 96.01.