Saudi Arabia stocks higher at close of trade; Tadawul All Share up 0.52%

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

At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share added 0.52% to hit a new 1-month high.

The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Nice One Beauty Digital Marketing (TADAWUL:4193 ), which rose 9.81% or 4.85 points to trade at 54.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Americana Restaurants International PLC (TADAWUL:6015 ) added 9.01% or 0.20 points to end at 2.42 and Fawaz Abdulaziz AlHokair Company (TADAWUL:4240 ) was up 8.08% or 1.18 points to 15.78 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Savola Group (TADAWUL:2050 ), which fell 2.23% or 0.85 points to trade at 37.35 at the close. BURUJ COOPERATIVE INSURANCE CO (TADAWUL:8270 ) declined 2.22% or 0.50 points to end at 22.04 and Saudi Pharmaceutical Appliances (TADAWUL:2070 ) was down 2.09% or 0.70 points to 32.75.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 192 to 131 and 19 ended unchanged.

Shares in Nice One Beauty Digital Marketing (TADAWUL:4193 ) rose to all time highs; up 9.81% or 4.85 to 54.30.

Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.19% or 0.15 to $77.15 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.33% or 0.27 to hit $80.74 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.04% or 1.16 to trade at $2,679.76 a troy ounce.

EUR/SAR was up 0.28% to 3.85, while USD/SAR unchanged 0.01% to 3.75.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.30% at 109.49.

Source: Investing.com