Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Agriculture & Food, Energy & Utilities and Hotels & Tourism sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share lost 0.28%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Enaya Cooperative Insurance (SE:8311), which rose 9.76% or 2.14 points to trade at 24.06 at the close. Meanwhile, Solidarity Saudi Takaful Co (SE:8290) added 8.60% or 1.66 points to end at 20.96 and Nama Chemicals Co. (SE:2210) was up 3.40% or 0.68 points to 20.68 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Almarai Company (SE:2280), which fell 10.02% or 8.20 points to trade at 73.60 at the close. Amana Cooperative Insurance Co (SE:8310) declined 1.99% or 0.60 points to end at 29.50 and Savola Group (SE:2050) was down 1.79% or 0.85 points to 46.55.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 86 to 82 and 9 ended unchanged.
Shares in Saudi Enaya Cooperative Insurance (SE:8311) rose to 52-week highs; rising 9.76% or 2.14 to 24.06.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.89% or 0.43 to $48.66 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.64% or 0.35 to hit $54.62 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.20% or 2.67 to trade at $1335.37 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.06% to 4.4848, while USD/SAR rose 0.00% to 3.7506.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 91.94.