Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Media & Publishing, Cement and Financial Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share fell 0.28%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudia Dairy and Foodstuff .Co (SE:2270), which rose 6.08% or 5.50 points to trade at 96.00 at the close. National Medical Care Company (SE:4005) added 4.82% or 2.50 points to end at 54.40 and Tihama Advertising&Public Relations (SE:4070) was up 3.89% or 1.85 points to 49.35 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Al Alamiya Cooperative Insurance (SE:8280), which lost 2.82% or 0.85 points to trade at 29.25 in late trade. Yanbu National Petrochemical Co (SE:2290) declined 2.68% or 2.00 points to end at 72.70 and Salama Cooperative Insurance Co (SE:8050) shed 2.46% or 0.54 points to 21.40.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 92 to 71 and 23 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.43% or 0.28 to $65.24 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.41% or 0.31 to hit $75.07 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.01% or 0.10 to trade at $1302.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.44% to 4.4140, while USD/SAR fell 0.01% to 3.7501.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 93.55.