Saudi Arabia stocks higher at close of trade; Tadawul All Share up 0.62%

Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financial Services, Transport and Insurance sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share added 0.62%.

The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Development Works Food Co (TADAWUL:6013), which rose 9.87% or 10.80 points to trade at 120.20 at the close. Meanwhile, AL-BABTAIN POWER &TELECOM CO (TADAWUL:2320) added 5.29% or 1.12 points to end at 22.28 and Saudi Tadawul Group Holding Co (TADAWUL:1111) was up 4.69% or 8.00 points to 178.40 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Al Aseel Co Ltd (TADAWUL:4012), which fell 10.00% or 0.55 points to trade at 4.95 at the close. Al Baha Investment and Development Company SJSC (TADAWUL:4130) declined 7.14% or 0.01 points to end at 0.13 and Zamil Industrial Investment Co (TADAWUL:2240) was down 6.07% or 1.22 points to 18.88.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 156 to 108 and 25 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.19% or 0.15 to $78.11 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.22% or 0.18 to hit $82.34 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.04% or 0.85 to trade at $1,949.35 a troy ounce.

EUR/SAR was up 0.20% to 4.02, while USD/SAR unchanged 0.01% to 3.75.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 105.40.