Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Media & Publishing, Agriculture & Food and Petrochemicals sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share declined 0.18%.
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 0.04 points to trade at 0.52 at the close. Red Sea Housing Services Company (TADAWUL:4230) added 6.32% or 3.60 points to end at 60.60 and Saudi Industrial Development Co. (TADAWUL:2130) was up 5.07% or 1.45 points to 30.05 in late trade.
Biggest losers included MBC Group CJSC (TADAWUL:4072), which lost 3.31% or 1.80 points to trade at 52.50 in late trade. Bawan (TADAWUL:1302) declined 3.05% or 1.70 points to end at 54.10 and Savola Group (TADAWUL:2050) shed 2.97% or 1.10 points to 35.90.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 181 to 114 and 38 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.09% or 0.06 to $70.10 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.24% or 0.90 to hit $73.22 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $2,633.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was unchanged 0.00% to 3.90, while USD/SAR fell 0.17% to 3.75.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 108.00.