Saudi Arabia Stock Market Update

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%.

Best Performers

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

Worst Performers

The worst performers of the session were:
– Al Baha Investment and Development Company SJSC (TADAWUL:4130): fell 9.68% or 0.03 points to trade at 0.28.
– National Medical Care Company (TADAWUL:4005): declined 3.89% or 6.60 points to end at 163.00.
– 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, while 21 ended unchanged.

Commodities Update

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

Currency Exchange

• EUR/SAR was down 0.28% to 3.96.
• USD/SAR remained unchanged at 3.75.

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