Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Media & Publishing , Telecoms & IT and Building & Construction sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share gained 0.17%.

The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Al Mawarid Manpower Company SCJSC (TADAWUL: 1833 ), which rose 9.97% or 13.60 points to trade at 150.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Saudi Printing & Packaging Company (TADAWUL: 4270 ) added 9.92% or 1.00 points to end at 11.08 and Saudi Research and Marketing Group (TADAWUL: 4210 ) was up 6.48% or 11.20 points to 184.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Saudi Cable Company (TADAWUL: 2110 ), which fell 3.58% or 4.60 points to trade at 124.00 at the close. Al Sagr Co-operative Insurance Co (TADAWUL: 8180 ) declined 3.15% or 0.48 points to end at 14.78 and Sumou Real Estate Company JSCC (TADAWUL: 4323 ) was down 2.79% or 1.25 points to 43.60.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 176 to 149 and 22 ended unchanged.

Shares in Al Mawarid Manpower Company SCJSC (TADAWUL: 1833 ) rose to all time highs; gaining 9.97% or 13.60 to 150.00.

Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.78% or 0.48 to $61.05 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.76% or 0.49 to hit $64.39 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.36% or 11.59 to trade at $3,237.89 a troy ounce.

EUR/SAR was down 0.28% to 4.25, while USD/SAR unchanged 0.01% to 3.75.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 99.46.