Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Real Estate Development, Telecoms & IT and Financial Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share added 1.10% to hit a new 52-week high.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Etihad Etisalat Co (SE:7020), which rose 4.42% or 0.82 points to trade at 19.38 at the close. Meanwhile, Astra Industrial Group (SE:1212) added 3.79% or 0.72 points to end at 19.72 and Jabal Omar Development Company (SE:4250) was up 3.53% or 1.50 points to 44.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Al-Rajhi Cooperative Insurance (SE:8230), which fell 2.84% or 1.70 points to trade at 58.10 at the close. Bawan (SE:1302) declined 2.35% or 0.40 points to end at 16.60 and Alinma Tokio Marine Co (SE:8312) was down 1.99% or 0.40 points to 19.70.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 109 to 58 and 16 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.69% or 0.51 to $74.36 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.47% or 1.15 to hit $79.22 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.39% or 4.90 to trade at $1254.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.27% to 4.3948, while USD/SAR rose 0.01% to 3.7508.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 94.01.