Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Building & Construction, Agriculture & Food and Real Estate Development sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share gained 0.10%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Indian Company Insurance (SE:8110), which rose 9.40% or 1.25 points to trade at 14.55 at the close. Meanwhile, Allied Cooperative Insurance Group (SE:8150) added 4.56% or 0.60 points to end at 13.75 and Saudi Industrial Development Co. (SE:2130) was up 4.19% or 0.45 points to 11.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Saudi Ceramic Co. (SE:2040), which fell 3.51% or 1.00 points to trade at 27.50 at the close. Abdullah A. M. Al-Khodari Sons Co (SE:1330) declined 2.24% or 0.25 points to end at 10.90 and Al Sagr Co-operative Insurance Co (SE:8180) was down 2.15% or 0.70 points to 31.80.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 83 to 60 and 35 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.60% or 0.29 to $48.95 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.83% or 0.43 to hit $52.08 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 1.42% or 17.55 to trade at $1253.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.31% to 4.1683, while USD/SAR rose 0.02% to 3.7506.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.38% at 97.73.