Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Cement, Financial Services and Agriculture & Food sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share rose 0.46%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Savola Group (SE:2050), which rose 3.38% or 1.25 points to trade at 38.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Al-Ahlia Insurance Company (SE:8140) added 3.27% or 0.34 points to end at 10.74 and Saudi Indian Company Insurance (SE:8110) was up 2.94% or 0.29 points to 10.14 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Al Andalus Property Co SJSC (SE:4320), which fell 6.68% or 1.36 points to trade at 19.00 at the close. Etihad Etisalat Co (SE:7020) declined 5.27% or 1.12 points to end at 20.12 and Abdullah A. M. Al-Khodari Sons Co (SE:1330) was down 4.58% or 0.37 points to 7.70.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 83 to 81 and 18 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.12% or 0.76 to $67.12 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.98% or 0.74 to hit $76.06 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.74% or 9.70 to trade at $1294.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.40% to 4.3418, while USD/SAR rose 0.01% to 3.7504.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.30% at 94.64.