Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Hotels & Tourism, Real Estate Development and Agriculture & Food sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share declined 0.32%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Indian Company Insurance (SE:8110), which rose 9.95% or 1.05 points to trade at 11.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Saudi RE Cooperative Reinsurance (SE:8200) added 9.70% or 0.65 points to end at 7.35 and Gulf Union Cooperative Insurance (SE:8120) was up 6.76% or 0.75 points to 11.85 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Anb Insurance (SE:8011), which fell 9.62% or 4.30 points to trade at 40.40 at the close. Al-Tayyar Travel Group Holding Co. (SE:1810) declined 2.58% or 1.00 points to end at 37.80 and Saudi Airlines Catering Company (SE:6004) was down 2.58% or 2.75 points to 104.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 73 to 71 and 23 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 2.00% or 0.83 to $40.62 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 1.60% or 0.67 to hit $41.12 a barrel, while the April Gold contract fell 2.18% or 27.20 to trade at $1221.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.45% to 4.1882, while USD/SAR fell 0.02% to 3.7497.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.44% at 96.09.