Saudi Arabia stocks higher at close of trade; Tadawul All Share up 0.15%

Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Building & Construction, Media & Publishing and Cement sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share rose 0.15%.

The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Al Sorayai Trading&Industrial Group (TADAWUL:1213), which rose 9.57% or 6.20 points to trade at 71.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Saudi Arabian Mining Company (TADAWUL:1211) added 6.61% or 2.60 points to end at 41.95 and Rasan Information Technology (TADAWUL:8313) was up 4.64% or 2.80 points to 63.20 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Al Baha Investment and Development Company SJSC (TADAWUL:4130), which fell 5.56% or 0.01 points to trade at 0.17 at the close. Saudi Arabian Cooperative Insurance (TADAWUL:8100) declined 3.26% or 0.58 points to end at 17.22 and Saudi Cable Company (TADAWUL:2110) was down 2.50% or 2.10 points to 81.90.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 156 to 133 and 17 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.04% or 0.03 to $68.99 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.15% or 0.11 to hit $72.64 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.25% or 6.60 to trade at $2,602.30 a troy ounce.

EUR/SAR was unchanged 0.00% to 4.17, while USD/SAR unchanged 0.01% to 3.75.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 100.47.