Saudi Arabia stocks higher at close of trade; Tadawul All Share up 0.11%

Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Agriculture & Food , Industrial Investment and Insurance sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share rose 0.11%.

The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Fisheries Co. (TADAWUL:6050 ), which rose 9.91% or 2.00 points to trade at 22.18 at the close. Meanwhile, Al Baha Investment and Development Company SJSC (TADAWUL:4130 ) added 8.33% or 0.01 points to end at 0.13 and Savola Group (TADAWUL:2050 ) was up 6.72% or 1.85 points to 29.40 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were East Pipes Integrated Company for Industry (TADAWUL:1321 ), which fell 4.97% or 7.60 points to trade at 145.40 at the close. Zamil Industrial Investment Co (TADAWUL:2240 ) declined 4.74% or 1.30 points to end at 26.15 and Red Sea Housing Services Company (TADAWUL:4230 ) was down 3.14% or 1.45 points to 44.70.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 158 to 137 and 25 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for October delivery was down 1.24% or 0.91 to $72.64 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 2.03% or 1.57 to hit $75.95 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.01% or 0.30 to trade at $2,527.30 a troy ounce.

EUR/SAR was down 0.16% to 4.15, while USD/SAR unchanged 0.01% to 3.75.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 101.65.

Source: Investing.com