Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Media & Publishing, Industrial Investment and Petrochemicals sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share rose 0.53%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Alinma Tokio Marine Co (SE:8312), which rose 10.66% or 2.10 points to trade at 21.80 at the close. Saudi Fisheries Co. (SE:6050) added 9.85% or 1.65 points to end at 18.40 and Saudi Research and Marketing Group (SE:4210) was up 5.20% or 1.30 points to 26.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tabuk Cement Co. (SE:3090), which lost 2.54% or 0.45 points to trade at 17.25 in late trade. ALABDULLATIF CO. (SE:2340) declined 2.22% or 0.70 points to end at 30.90 and Al-Tayyar Travel Group Holding Co. (SE:1810) shed 1.87% or 1.25 points to 65.75.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 102 to 64 on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.91% or 0.37 to $41.04 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 1.39% or 0.60 to hit $44.17 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.18% or 1.90 to trade at $1066.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.21% to 4.0004, while USD/SAR rose 0.01% to 3.7504.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.10% at 99.62.