Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financial Services, Media & Publishing and Retail sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share rose 1.20% to hit a new 5-year high.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Sadr Logistics Co (SE:1832), which rose 9.95% or 7.30 points to trade at 80.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Aseer Trading Tourism&Manufacturing (SE:4080) added 9.02% or 1.82 points to end at 22.00 and Saudi vitrified clay pipes co. (SE:2360) was up 5.41% or 4.00 points to 77.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Saudi Industrial Export Co (SE:4140), which fell 4.69% or 5.60 points to trade at 113.80 at the close. Sahara International Petrochemical Company SJSC (SE:2310) declined 2.17% or 0.95 points to end at 42.85 and Al Hammadi Co (SE:4007) was down 1.61% or 0.65 points to 39.70.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 145 to 61 and 20 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 3.39% or 3.24 to $92.22 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 3.04% or 2.93 to hit $93.55 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.64% or 11.90 to trade at $1857.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.45% to 4.2606, while USD/SAR rose 0.00% to 3.7522.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.36% at 96.007.