Saudi Arabia stocks higher at close of trade; Tadawul All Share up 0.38%

Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Building & Construction , Financial Services and Hotels & Tourism sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share rose 0.38%.

The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Shatirah House Restaurant Co (TADAWUL:6016 ), which rose 9.98% or 2.02 points to trade at 22.26 at the close. Meanwhile, Fawaz Abdulaziz AlHokair Company (TADAWUL:4240 ) added 8.29% or 1.08 points to end at 14.10 and Development Works Food Co (TADAWUL:6013 ) was up 6.85% or 8.40 points to 131.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Al Baha Investment and Development Company SJSC (TADAWUL:4130 ), which fell 9.68% or 0.03 points to trade at 0.28 at the close. National Medical Care Company (TADAWUL:4005 ) declined 3.89% or 6.60 points to end at 163.00 and Saudi Research and Marketing Group (TADAWUL:4210 ) was down 3.46% or 9.00 points to 251.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 172 to 132 and 21 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.36% or 0.25 to $68.92 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.27% or 0.20 to hit $73.10 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.89% or 23.20 to trade at $2,637.80 a troy ounce.

EUR/SAR was down 0.28% to 3.96, while USD/SAR unchanged 0.00% to 3.75.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 106.32.

Source: Investing.com