Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Petrochemicals, Retail and Financial Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share rose 1.78%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Food Products Co. (SE:2100), which rose 10.00% or 3.10 points to trade at 34.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Saudi Fisheries Co. (SE:6050) added 10.00% or 1.96 points to end at 21.56 and Arabian Pipes Company (SE:2200) was up 6.92% or 0.90 points to 13.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Dallah Healthcare Holding Company (SE:4004), which fell 4.07% or 1.90 points to trade at 44.80 at the close. AXA Cooperative Insurance Company (SE:8250) declined 3.52% or 1.00 points to end at 27.40 and Allied Cooperative Insurance Group SJSC (SE:8150) was down 2.38% or 0.50 points to 20.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 136 to 53 and 10 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 1.61% or 0.51 to $32.16 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.41% or 0.49 to hit $35.30 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.39% or 6.75 to trade at $1741.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.22% to 4.1082, while USD/SAR fell 0.02% to 3.7563.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 99.483.