Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Agriculture & Food, Hotels & Tourism and Energy & Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share added 0.59%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Steel Pipe Company (SE:1320), which rose 3.53% or 0.88 points to trade at 25.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Samba Financial Group (SE:1090) added 3.19% or 1.15 points to end at 37.15 and Dur Hospitality (SE:4010) was up 2.91% or 0.56 points to 19.78 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were The Saudi Investment Bank (SE:1030), which fell 2.12% or 0.42 points to trade at 19.38 at the close. The Mediterranean&Gulf Insurance Co (SE:8030) declined 1.86% or 0.28 points to end at 14.80 and Malath Cooperative Insurance Co (SE:8020) was down 1.78% or 0.22 points to 12.16.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 103 to 59 and 27 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.60% or 0.34 to $56.11 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.72% or 0.48 to hit $65.97 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.21% or 2.85 to trade at $1347.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.03% to 4.2537, while USD/SAR unchanged 0% to 3.7504.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 96.373.