Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Industrial Investment, Cement and Retail sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share rose 1.11%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Industrial Investment Group (SE:2250), which rose 9.84% or 1.90 points to trade at 21.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Saudi Arabian Cooperative Insurance (SE:8100) added 6.60% or 1.35 points to end at 21.80 and Saudi Int Petrochemical Co (SE:2310) was up 6.48% or 1.05 points to 17.25 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were National Agriculture Development Co (SE:6010), which fell 1.68% or 0.50 points to trade at 29.20 at the close. Al Hammadi Co (SE:4007) declined 1.41% or 0.60 points to end at 41.90 and Al-Jouf Agriculture Development Co (SE:6070) was down 1.27% or 0.40 points to 31.20.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 133 to 22 and 23 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.21% or 0.10 to $48.47 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.33% or 0.17 to hit $51.59 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.22% or 2.75 to trade at $1252.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.54% to 4.0329, while USD/SAR rose 0.01% to 3.7505.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.36% at 99.89.