Saudi Arabia stocks higher at close of trade; Tadawul All Share up 0.32%

Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Transport, Retail and Energy&Utilities sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share rose 0.32% to hit a new 3-months high.

The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Automotive Services Co. (TADAWUL:4050), which rose 6.06% or 3.60 points to trade at 63.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia Refineries Co. (TADAWUL:2030) added 5.42% or 4.60 points to end at 89.40 and Zamil Industrial Investment Co (TADAWUL:2240) was up 4.82% or 1.10 points to 23.90 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Saudi Company for Hardware (TADAWUL:4008), which fell 2.73% or 0.95 points to trade at 33.85 at the close. Electrical Industries Co (TADAWUL:1303) declined 2.38% or 0.07 points to end at 2.87 and SHL Financing Company SJSC (TADAWUL:1183) was down 2.30% or 0.44 points to 18.66.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 159 to 117 and 19 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.18% or 0.13 to $72.69 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.23% or 0.18 to hit $77.77 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.08% or 1.65 to trade at $2,042.15 a troy ounce.

EUR/SAR was up 0.22% to 4.10, while USD/SAR unchanged 0.00% to 3.75.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 102.08.