Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Agriculture & Food, Telecoms & IT and Cement sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share rose 1.76%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were The Mediterranean&Gulf Insurance Co (SE:8030), which rose 10.00% or 1.40 points to trade at 15.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Saudi Int Petrochemical Co (SE:2310) added 5.19% or 1.06 points to end at 21.50 and Dar Alarkan Real Estate Development (SE:4300) was up 4.98% or 0.47 points to 9.91 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Al-Tayyar Travel Group Holding Co. (SE:1810), which fell 7.64% or 1.70 points to trade at 20.54 at the close. Allied Cooperative Insurance Group (SE:8150) declined 3.75% or 0.64 points to end at 16.42 and Dallah Healthcare Holding Company (SE:4004) was down 2.97% or 1.80 points to 58.90.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 98 to 68 and 17 ended unchanged.
Shares in Al-Tayyar Travel Group Holding Co. (SE:1810) fell to all time lows; falling 7.64% or 1.70 to 20.54. Shares in Dallah Healthcare Holding Company (SE:4004) fell to 52-week lows; down 2.97% or 1.80 to 58.90.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.61% or 0.44 to $72.52 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.83% or 0.67 to hit $81.20 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.13% or 1.60 to trade at $1206.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.25% to 4.4170, while USD/SAR fell 0.01% to 3.7501.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 93.68.