Saudi Arabia stocks higher at close of trade; Tadawul All Share up 1.78%

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At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share rose 1.78%.

The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Food Products Co. (SE:2100), which rose 10.00% or 3.10 points to trade at 34.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Saudi Fisheries Co. (SE:6050) added 10.00% or 1.96 points to end at 21.56 and Arabian Pipes Company (SE:2200) was up 6.92% or 0.90 points to 13.90 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Dallah Healthcare Holding Company (SE:4004), which fell 4.07% or 1.90 points to trade at 44.80 at the close. AXA Cooperative Insurance Company (SE:8250) declined 3.52% or 1.00 points to end at 27.40 and Allied Cooperative Insurance Group SJSC (SE:8150) was down 2.38% or 0.50 points to 20.50.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 136 to 53 and 10 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for July delivery was up 1.61% or 0.51 to $32.16 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.41% or 0.49 to hit $35.30 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.39% or 6.75 to trade at $1741.15 a troy ounce.

EUR/SAR was up 0.22% to 4.1082, while USD/SAR fell 0.02% to 3.7563.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 99.483.