Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Energy & Utilities, Petrochemicals and Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share fell 0.43%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Fisheries Co. (SE:6050), which rose 10.16% or 1.25 points to trade at 13.55 at the close. Meanwhile, United Electronics Company (SE:4003) added 9.76% or 2.40 points to end at 27.00 and Ash-Sharqiyah Development Company (SE:6060) was up 8.93% or 4.00 points to 48.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were United Cooperative Assurance Co (SE:8190), which fell 3.82% or 0.50 points to trade at 12.60 at the close. Saudi United Cooperative Insurance (SE:8060) declined 3.22% or 0.65 points to end at 19.55 and ACE ARABIA COOPERATIVE INSURANCE (SE:8240) was down 3.00% or 1.30 points to 42.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 80 to 61 and 28 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.63% or 0.32 to $50.61 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.63% or 0.34 to hit $53.59 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.44% or 5.15 to trade at $1175.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.14% to 4.0260, while USD/SAR fell 0.00% to 3.7506.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.01% at 100.50.