Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Media & Publishing, Petrochemicals and Agriculture & Food sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share added 7.07%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Research and Marketing Group (SE:4210), which rose 10.00% or 5.70 points to trade at 62.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Mouwasat Medical Services Company (SE:4002) added 10.00% or 8.10 points to end at 89.10 and Savola Group (SE:2050) was up 10.00% or 2.95 points to 32.45 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Alujain Corporation (SE:2170), which fell 2.66% or 0.80 points to trade at 29.30 at the close. Jadwa REIT Al Haramain Fund (SE:4332) declined 0.30% or 0.02 points to end at 6.73 and Etihad Atheeb Telecommunication (SE:7040) was 0.00% or 0.000 points to 7.211.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 194 to 3 and 1 ended unchanged.
Shares in Jadwa REIT Al Haramain Fund (SE:4332) fell to all time lows; falling 0.30% or 0.02 to 6.73.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 8.93% or 2.78 to $33.91 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 8.64% or 2.97 to hit $37.33 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 1.51% or 25.30 to trade at $1650.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.78% to 4.2637, while USD/SAR fell 0.01% to 3.7532.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 1.02% at 95.840.