Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Industrial Investment, Energy & Utilities and Building & Construction sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share lost 0.64%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were The Mediterranean&Gulf Insurance Co (SE:8030), which rose 3.32% or 0.70 points to trade at 21.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Al Alamiya Cooperative Insurance (SE:8280) added 2.69% or 0.70 points to end at 26.70 and Gulf General Cooperative Insurance (SE:8260) was up 2.57% or 0.45 points to 17.95 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were United Wire Factories Company (SE:1301), which fell 5.77% or 1.20 points to trade at 19.60 at the close. Al Sorayai Trading&Industrial Group (SE:1213) declined 4.42% or 0.40 points to end at 8.65 and Saudi Kayan Petrochemical Company (SE:2350) was down 3.80% or 0.35 points to 8.85.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 122 to 34 and 21 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.27% or 0.13 to $47.79 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.36% or 0.18 to hit $50.64 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.25% or 3.19 to trade at $1253.81 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.13% to 4.0941, while USD/SAR fell 0.01% to 3.7504.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 98.94.