Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Insurance, Retail and Agriculture & Food sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share rose 0.11%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi United Cooperative Insurance (SE:8060), which rose 9.92% or 2.40 points to trade at 26.60 at the close. Meanwhile, ACE ARABIA COOPERATIVE INSURANCE (SE:8240) added 9.88% or 2.22 points to end at 24.70 and United Electronics Company (SE:4003) was up 4.60% or 2.80 points to 63.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Saudi Cable Company (SE:2110), which fell 2.94% or 1.25 points to trade at 41.25 at the close. Rabigh Refining & Petrochemical Co (SE:2380) declined 2.37% or 0.50 points to end at 20.64 and Al Alamiya Cooperative Insurance (SE:8280) was down 2.31% or 0.75 points to 31.75.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 88 to 85 and 16 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.05% or 0.03 to $64.43 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.20% or 0.14 to hit $70.96 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.55% or 7.15 to trade at $1309.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.18% to 4.2302, while USD/SAR rose 0.00% to 3.7504.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 96.490.