Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Media & Publishing, Real Estate Development and Industrial Investment sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share rose 0.77%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Arabia Insurance Cooperative Co (SE:8160), which rose 9.70% or 0.80 points to trade at 9.05 at the close. Meanwhile, Saudi Research and Marketing Group (SE:4210) added 7.57% or 3.30 points to end at 46.90 and Al-Ahlia Insurance Company (SE:8140) was up 7.28% or 0.55 points to 8.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Al Hokair Group (SE:1820), which fell 3.30% or 1.50 points to trade at 44.00 at the close. Al Hassan Ghazi Ibrahim Shaker (SE:1214) declined 3.29% or 0.80 points to end at 23.50 and Dallah Healthcare Holding Company (SE:4004) was down 3.22% or 2.75 points to 82.75.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 111 to 38 and 19 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.37% or 0.18 to $48.26 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.19% or 0.09 to hit $48.44 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.95% or 11.90 to trade at $1239.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.56% to 4.1843, while USD/SAR rose 0.00% to 3.7503.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.29% at 95.51.