Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Industrial Investment, Building & Construction and Petrochemicals sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share gained 0.43%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Rabigh Refining & Petrochemical Co (TADAWUL:2380), which rose 10.00% or 0.74 points to trade at 8.14 at the close. Baazeem Trading Co (TADAWUL:4051) added 9.93% or 0.59 points to end at 6.53 and Al Baha Investment and Development Company SJSC (TADAWUL:4130) was up 8.33% or 0.01 points to 0.13 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Malath Cooperative Insurance Co (TADAWUL:8020), which lost 6.12% or 1.02 points to trade at 15.66 in late trade. Walaa Cooperative Insurance Company SJSC (TADAWUL:8060) declined 4.04% or 0.88 points to end at 20.92 and Rasan Information Technology (TADAWUL:8313) shed 3.99% or 2.30 points to 55.30.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 200 to 93 and 14 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 2.45% or 1.79 to $74.99 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 2.29% or 1.75 to hit $78.23 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.48% or 11.70 to trade at $2,443.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was unchanged 0.09% to 4.10, while USD/SAR unchanged 0.02% to 3.75.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 102.99.