Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Energy & Utilities, Petrochemicals and Telecoms & IT sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share gained 0.57% to hit a new 52-week high.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Paper Manufacturing Co. (SE:2300), which rose 9.90% or 0.86 points to trade at 9.55 at the close. Meanwhile, Al Alamiya Cooperative Insurance (SE:8280) added 8.54% or 2.47 points to end at 31.40 and Anb Insurance (SE:8011) was up 4.38% or 0.53 points to 12.64 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Arriyadh Development Co. (SE:4150), which fell 3.96% or 0.80 points to trade at 19.38 at the close. Zamil Industrial Investment Co (SE:2240) declined 3.17% or 0.85 points to end at 26.00 and Saudi Arabia Refineries Co. (SE:2030) was down 1.76% or 0.80 points to 44.60.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 112 to 71 and 6 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.51% or 0.34 to $65.88 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.45% or 0.32 to hit $71.10 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.67% or 9.10 to trade at $1341.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.19% to 4.6347, while USD/SAR rose 0.01% to 3.7508.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 89.29.