Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Building & Construction, Industrial Investment and Transport sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share lost 0.73%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Al Sagr Co-operative Insurance Co (SE:8180), which rose 6.10% or 1.61 points to trade at 28.00 at the close. The Mediterranean&Gulf Insurance Co (SE:8030) added 2.70% or 0.63 points to end at 23.98 and Makkah Construction&Development Co (SE:4100) was up 2.24% or 1.84 points to 83.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Saudi Indian Company Insurance (SE:8110), which lost 8.10% or 1.26 points to trade at 14.30 in late trade. Al Alamiya Cooperative Insurance (SE:8280) declined 5.67% or 1.79 points to end at 29.80 and ALABDULLATIF CO. (SE:2340) shed 5.26% or 0.74 points to 13.32.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 156 to 31 and 1 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.16% or 0.11 to $67.14 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.64% or 0.47 to hit $72.66 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.17% or 2.20 to trade at $1309.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.40% to 4.5019, while USD/SAR fell 0.45% to 3.7510.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 92.22.