Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Telecoms & IT, Hotels & Tourism and Building & Construction sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share fell 1.38% to hit a new 6-months low.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Transport & Investment Co (SE:4110), which rose 2.32% or 0.70 points to trade at 30.85 at the close. Meanwhile, The Mediterranean&Gulf Insurance Co (SE:8030) added 2.19% or 0.32 points to end at 14.94 and Saudi Company for Hardware (SE:4008) was up 1.52% or 0.90 points to 60.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Al Sorayai Trading&Industrial Group (SE:1213), which fell 5.94% or 2.45 points to trade at 38.80 at the close. National Agriculture Marketing Co. (SE:4160) declined 5.08% or 1.06 points to end at 19.80 and Saudi Fisheries Co. (SE:6050) was down 4.51% or 2.10 points to 44.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 165 to 21 and 10 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.21% or 0.12 to $57.52 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.74% or 0.46 to hit $62.84 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.08% or 1.25 to trade at $1500.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.51% to 4.1216, while USD/SAR fell 0.01% to 3.7508.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.41% at 98.713.