Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Petrochemicals, Cement and Insurance sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share rose 1.74%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Dr Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Group (SE:4013), which rose 9.98% or 5.70 points to trade at 62.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Allianz Saudi Fransi Cooperative Insurance Company (SE:8040) added 9.44% or 2.29 points to end at 26.55 and Arabian Shield Coop Insurance Co (SE:8070) was up 6.70% or 0.86 points to 13.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Halwani Bros (SE:6001), which fell 3.84% or 1.85 points to trade at 46.35 at the close. Saudi Research and Marketing Group (SE:4210) declined 1.82% or 1.10 points to end at 59.30 and United Int Transportation Company (SE:4260) was down 1.73% or 0.45 points to 25.55.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 177 to 15 and 7 ended unchanged.
Shares in Dr Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Group (SE:4013) rose to all time highs; gaining 9.98% or 5.70 to 62.80.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 18.69% or 3.81 to $24.20 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 11.21% or 3.05 to hit $30.25 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.59% or 10.15 to trade at $1703.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.39% to 4.0801, while USD/SAR fell 0.03% to 3.7550.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 99.718.