Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Agriculture & Food, Building & Construction and Energy & Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share rose 0.86% to hit a new 52-week high.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Al Sorayai Trading&Industrial Group (SE:1213), which rose 8.38% or 1.46 points to trade at 18.88 at the close. Meanwhile, United Electronics Company (SE:4003) added 6.08% or 3.80 points to end at 66.30 and Savola Group (SE:2050) was up 5.74% or 2.20 points to 40.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were AXA Cooperative Insurance Company (SE:8250), which fell 2.89% or 0.66 points to trade at 22.14 at the close. Allianz Saudi Fransi Cooperative Insurance Company (SE:8040) declined 2.77% or 0.80 points to end at 28.10 and Al Alamiya Cooperative Insurance (SE:8280) was down 1.95% or 0.60 points to 30.10.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 106 to 63 and 17 ended unchanged.
Shares in Allianz Saudi Fransi Cooperative Insurance Company (SE:8040) fell to 52-week lows; losing 2.77% or 0.80 to 28.10.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.29% or 0.19 to $64.56 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 1.16% or 0.87 to hit $74.42 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.04% or 0.50 to trade at $1297.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.20% to 4.3780, while USD/SAR fell 0.01% to 3.7500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 94.11.