Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Real Estate Development, Hotels & Tourism and Telecoms & IT sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share fell 0.96%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Anaam International Holding Group (SE:4061), which rose 9.87% or 1.26 points to trade at 14.02 at the close. Meanwhile, Qassim Agriculture Co. (SE:6020) added 9.87% or 1.08 points to end at 12.02 and Red Sea Housing Services Company (SE:4230) was up 6.85% or 1.25 points to 19.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Dar Alarkan Real Estate Development (SE:4300), which fell 9.90% or 0.89 points to trade at 8.10 at the close. Saudi Paper Manufacturing Co. (SE:2300) declined 5.74% or 0.46 points to end at 7.56 and Saudi Industrial Export Co (SE:4140) was down 5.74% or 0.92 points to 15.10.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 100 to 73 and 6 ended unchanged.
Shares in Saudi Industrial Export Co (SE:4140) fell to 5-year lows; losing 5.74% or 0.92 to 15.10.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 1.06% or 0.59 to $55.11 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 1.08% or 0.67 to hit $61.54 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.32% or 4.06 to trade at $1286.96 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.38% to 4.4409, while USD/SAR rose 0.01% to 3.7508.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.28% at 93.46.