Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Media & Publishing, Building & Construction and Real Estate Development sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share fell 0.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Al Baha Investment and Development Company SJSC (TADAWUL:4130), which rose 8.33% or 0.01 points to trade at 0.13 at the close. Gulf Insurance Group (TADAWUL:8250) added 4.52% or 1.40 points to end at 32.40 and Alamar Foods CJSC (TADAWUL:6014) was up 4.18% or 3.30 points to 82.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Rasan Information Technology (TADAWUL:8313), which lost 5.26% or 3.40 points to trade at 61.20 in late trade. Anaam International Holding Group (TADAWUL:4061) declined 3.45% or 0.04 points to end at 1.12 and ADES Holding Company SJSC (TADAWUL:2382) shed 3.16% or 0.66 points to 20.22.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 196 to 95 and 17 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.08% or 0.07 to $82.88 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.08% or 0.07 to hit $86.31 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 1.17% or 27.20 to trade at $2,360.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.15% to 4.04, while USD/SAR unchanged 0.01% to 3.75.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 105.18.