Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Real Estate Development, Media & Publishing and Energy & Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share gained 0.02%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Trade Union Cooperative Insurance (SE:8170), which rose 9.81% or 3.94 points to trade at 44.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Arabia Insurance Cooperative Co (SE:8160) added 9.48% or 1.45 points to end at 16.75 and Saudi Transport & Investment Co (SE:4110) was up 9.25% or 4.53 points to 53.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Saudi Indian Company Insurance (SE:8110), which fell 4.07% or 0.96 points to trade at 22.60 at the close. Salama Cooperative Insurance Co (SE:8050) declined 3.45% or 1.06 points to end at 29.70 and Saudi Industrial Investment Group (SE:2250) was down 2.72% or 0.80 points to 28.60.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 99 to 64.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.05% or 0.03 to $56.96 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.24% or 0.15 to hit $64.67 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.09% or 1.10 to trade at $1202.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.41% to 4.0998, while USD/SAR fell 0.01% to 3.7500.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.29% at 96.61.