Saudi Arabia shares higher at close of trade; Tadawul All Share up 0.96%

Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Hotels & Tourism , Industrial Investment and Building & Construction sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share rose 0.96%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Al-Jouf Agriculture Development Co (SE: 6070 ), which rose 5.78% or 1.60 points to trade at 29.30 at the close. Alkhaleej Training & Education Co (SE: 4290 ) added 4.88% or 0.90 points to end at 19.35 and Allied Cooperative Insurance Group (SE: 8150 ) was up 4.38% or 0.65 points to 15.50 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Arabian Shield Coop Insurance Co (SE: 8070 ), which lost 2.54% or 0.60 points to trade at 23.00 in late trade. Aldrees Petroleum & Transport Svcs (SE: 4200 ) declined 1.76% or 0.60 points to end at 33.50 and Saudia Dairy and Foodstuff .Co (SE: 2270 ) shed 1.35% or 2.00 points to 146.00.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 119 to 22 and 28 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.85% or 0.40 to $47.38 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.47% or 0.23 to hit $49.68 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.37% or 4.95 to trade at $1322.15 a troy ounce.

EUR/SAR was down 0.22% to 4.1862, while USD/SAR rose 0.02% to 3.7502.

The US Dollar Index was up 0.27% at 95.79.