Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Transport, Real Estate Development and Media & Publishing sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share rose 0.21%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Dar Alarkan Real Estate Development (SE:4300), which rose 7.63% or 0.92 points to trade at 12.98 at the close. Meanwhile, Al Sorayai Trading&Industrial Group (SE:1213) added 5.56% or 0.72 points to end at 13.66 and Astra Industrial Group (SE:1212) was up 4.21% or 0.70 points to 17.34 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Saudi Cable Company (SE:2110), which fell 4.35% or 0.47 points to trade at 10.34 at the close. Saudi Cement Company (SE:3030) declined 3.85% or 1.98 points to end at 49.50 and The Saudi British Bank (SE:1060) was down 3.08% or 0.95 points to 29.90.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 105 to 77 and 3 ended unchanged.
Shares in Saudi Cable Company (SE:2110) fell to 52-week lows; falling 4.35% or 0.47 to 10.34. Shares in Astra Industrial Group (SE:1212) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 4.21% or 0.70 to 17.34.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.43% or 0.27 to $63.28 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.30% or 0.20 to hit $67.84 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.50% or 6.80 to trade at $1340.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.11% to 4.6065, while USD/SAR fell 0.03% to 3.7502.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 89.82.