Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Energy & Utilities, Industrial Investment and Hotels & Tourism sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share lost 0.81%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Al-Ahsa Development Co. (SE:2140), which rose 3.13% or 0.50 points to trade at 16.50 at the close. Saudi Airlines Catering Company (SE:6004) added 1.90% or 3.20 points to end at 172.00 and Saudi Industrial Export Co (SE:4140) was up 1.85% or 1.01 points to 55.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Saudi Chemical Company (SE:2230), which lost 3.70% or 3.10 points to trade at 80.75 in late trade. SABB Takaful (SE:8080) declined 3.68% or 1.71 points to end at 44.70 and Bawan (SE:1302) shed 3.65% or 2.02 points to 53.25.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 124 to 39 on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 1.16% or 0.67 to $58.66 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.44% or 0.93 to hit $64.94 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.34% or 4.10 to trade at $1210.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.37% to 4.1653, while USD/SAR rose 0.01% to 3.7502.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.21% at 95.57.