Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the gained 1.52%.
The best performers of the session on the were Emaar The Economic City (TADAWUL:), which rose 10.00% or 0.71 points to trade at 7.81 at the close. Meanwhile, Al Sagr Co-operative Insurance Co (TADAWUL:) added 9.99% or 1.68 points to end at 18.50 and Saudi Fisheries Co. (TADAWUL:) was up 9.96% or 2.00 points to 22.08 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Walaa Cooperative Insurance Company SJSC (TADAWUL:), which fell 9.99% or 2.42 points to trade at 21.80 at the close. Mouwasat Medical Services Company (TADAWUL:) declined 5.71% or 6.40 points to end at 105.60 and Americana Restaurants (TADAWUL:) was down 4.51% or 0.13 points to 2.75.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 235 to 66 and 11 ended unchanged.
Shares in Americana Restaurants (TADAWUL:) fell to 52-week lows; down 4.51% or 0.13 to 2.75.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.77% or 0.56 to $72.38 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.72% or 0.55 to hit $75.75 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.39% or 9.50 to trade at $2,434.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.42% to 4.10, while USD/SAR unchanged 0.02% to 3.75.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.42% at 102.91.
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