Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Media & Publishing, Real Estate Development and Financial Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share declined 0.63%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Malath Cooperative Insurance Co (SE:8020), which rose 6.25% or 1.07 points to trade at 18.20 at the close. Saudi Arabia Refineries Co. (SE:2030) added 3.88% or 1.34 points to end at 35.90 and Saudi Industrial Services Co. (SE:2190) was up 3.78% or 0.47 points to 12.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included The Company for Coop. Insurance (SE:8010), which lost 3.96% or 2.72 points to trade at 66.00 in late trade. Saudi Industrial Export Co (SE:4140) declined 3.05% or 8.11 points to end at 258.00 and Arab National Bank (SE:1080) shed 2.78% or 0.73 points to 25.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 111 to 69 and 6 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.16% or 0.10 to $62.91 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.12% or 0.08 to hit $66.44 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.12% or 1.60 to trade at $1320.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.16% to 4.5799, while USD/SAR unchanged 0.00% to 3.7502.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 90.47.