Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the added 0.28%.
The best performers of the session on the were Saudi Printing & Packaging Company (SE:), which rose 4.09% or 0.54 points to trade at 13.74 at the close. Meanwhile, Fawaz Abdulaziz AlHokair Company (SE:) added 3.22% or 0.68 points to end at 21.80 and Arabian Pipes Company (SE:) was up 3.18% or 0.34 points to 11.02 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mobile Telecommunications Company (SE:), which fell 8.63% or 1.20 points to trade at 12.70 at the close. Fitaihi Holding Group (SE:) declined 2.12% or 0.24 points to end at 11.10 and Saudi Pharmaceutical Appliances (SE:) was down 1.96% or 0.50 points to 25.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 96 to 80 and 17 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 1.26% or 0.71 to $55.43 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.80% or 0.48 to hit $59.26 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.21% or 3.15 to trade at $1514.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.16% to 4.1604, while USD/SAR rose 0.00% to 3.7505.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 98.143.
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