Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Agriculture & Food, Industrial Investment and Retail sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share rose 0.72%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Fisheries Co. (SE:6050), which rose 10.11% or 2.35 points to trade at 25.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Anb Insurance (SE:8011) added 5.34% or 1.10 points to end at 21.70 and Salama Cooperative Insurance Co (SE:8050) was up 4.78% or 0.75 points to 16.45 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were The Saudi British Bank (SE:1060), which fell 1.33% or 0.30 points to trade at 22.30 at the close. Riyad REIT (SE:4330) declined 1.14% or 0.15 points to end at 13.05 and Al Hammadi Co (SE:4007) was down 1.03% or 0.40 points to 38.30.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 118 to 32 and 27 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.02% or 0.51 to $49.29 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 1.63% or 0.86 to hit $51.78 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.33% or 4.24 to trade at $1263.86 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.01% to 4.1886, while USD/SAR fell 0.02% to 3.7499.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 97.38.