Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Energy & Utilities, Real Estate Development and Cement sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share added 1.08% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Industrial Export Co (SE:4140), which rose 5.95% or 15.49 points to trade at 276.00 at the close. Electrical Industries Co (SE:1303) added 3.45% or 0.78 points to end at 23.42 and Saudi Company for Hardware (SE:4008) was up 3.34% or 4.30 points to 133.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Saudi Public Transport Co. (SE:4040), which lost 3.18% or 0.54 points to trade at 16.44 in late trade. Anaam International Holding Group (SE:4061) declined 2.92% or 0.37 points to end at 12.30 and Dur Hospitality (SE:4010) shed 2.35% or 0.51 points to 21.18.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 95 to 84 and 5 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.90% or 0.59 to $66.14 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.86% or 0.60 to hit $70.12 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.99% or 13.40 to trade at $1341.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.50% to 4.6434, while USD/SAR rose 0.04% to 3.7506.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.55% at 89.13.