Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Agriculture & Food, Transport and Cement sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share lost 0.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Gulf General Cooperative Insurance (SE:8260), which rose 9.97% or 1.85 points to trade at 20.40 at the close. Al-Ahlia Insurance Company (SE:8140) added 5.56% or 0.55 points to end at 10.45 and Fawaz Abdulaziz AlHokair Company (SE:4240) was up 4.36% or 3.00 points to 71.75 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Saudi Transport & Investment Co (SE:4110), which lost 4.44% or 2.50 points to trade at 53.75 in late trade. Almarai Company (SE:2280) declined 4.13% or 3.50 points to end at 81.25 and The Company for Coop. Insurance (SE:8010) shed 3.19% or 3.00 points to 91.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 93 to 73 on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 2.65% or 1.18 to $45.77 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 2.63% or 1.25 to hit $49.01 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.87% or 9.60 to trade at $1112.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.03% to 4.2282, while USD/SAR fell 0.02% to 3.7499.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.16% at 95.60.