Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Cement, Agriculture & Food and Financial Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share added 0.35%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Arabian Cooperative Insurance (SE:8100), which rose 9.73% or 1.45 points to trade at 16.35 at the close. Meanwhile, Saudi Ceramic Co. (SE:2040) added 4.26% or 1.60 points to end at 39.20 and Astra Industrial Group (SE:1212) was up 3.13% or 0.50 points to 16.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Arabian Pipes Company (SE:2200), which fell 3.96% or 0.55 points to trade at 13.35 at the close. Amana Cooperative Insurance Co (SE:8310) declined 3.39% or 0.30 points to end at 8.55 and Tihama Advertising&Public Relations (SE:4070) was down 2.98% or 1.00 points to 32.60.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 86 to 61 and 22 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.84% or 0.40 to $48.25 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.55% or 0.27 to hit $49.53 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.50% or 6.55 to trade at $1324.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.45% to 4.1684, while USD/SAR rose 0.03% to 3.7502.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.45% at 95.76.