Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Energy & Utilities, Agriculture & Food and Financial Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share lost 0.43%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Int Petrochemical Co (SE:2310), which rose 2.82% or 0.43 points to trade at 15.68 at the close. Gulf General Cooperative Insurance (SE:8260) added 2.75% or 0.52 points to end at 19.42 and Mouwasat Medical Services Company (SE:4002) was up 2.38% or 3.81 points to 164.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Alkhaleej Training & Education Co (SE:4290), which lost 2.79% or 0.58 points to trade at 20.18 in late trade. Saudi Cement Company (SE:3030) declined 2.63% or 1.15 points to end at 42.60 and Electrical Industries Co (SE:1303) shed 2.34% or 0.50 points to 20.84.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 99 to 74 and 5 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.10% or 0.55 to $50.45 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.16% or 0.64 to hit $55.78 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.40% or 5.29 to trade at $1315.89 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.01% to 4.4985, while USD/SAR fell 0.00% to 3.7500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 91.54.