Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Agriculture & Food, Industrial Investment and Building & Construction sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share rose 0.45%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Printing & Packaging Company (SE:4270), which rose 9.81% or 1.82 points to trade at 20.38 at the close. Meanwhile, Tihama Advertising&Public Relations (SE:4070) added 9.59% or 4.70 points to end at 53.70 and Saudi Paper Manufacturing Co. (SE:2300) was up 7.55% or 0.56 points to 7.98 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Al Andalus Property Co SJSC (SE:4320), which fell 3.57% or 0.80 points to trade at 21.60 at the close. Zamil Industrial Investment Co (SE:2240) declined 3.55% or 1.00 points to end at 27.15 and Jazan Development Co. (SE:6090) was down 2.62% or 0.42 points to 15.64.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 105 to 59 and 16 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $49.39 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.13% or 0.07 to hit $52.30 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.25% or 3.15 to trade at $1267.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.14% to 4.4298, while USD/SAR rose 0.02% to 3.7511.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 93.21.