Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Financial Services, Agriculture & Food and Petrochemicals sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share lost 0.99%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Research and Marketing Group (SE:4210), which rose 8.51% or 9.38 points to trade at 119.60 at the close. National Gypsum Company (SE:2090) added 4.99% or 0.64 points to end at 13.46 and Mobile Telecommunications Company (SE:7030) was up 3.25% or 0.26 points to 8.26 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Saudia Dairy and Foodstuff .Co (SE:2270), which lost 5.65% or 6.40 points to trade at 106.80 in late trade. Samba Financial Group (SE:1090) declined 3.16% or 0.93 points to end at 28.50 and Dur Hospitality (SE:4010) shed 2.92% or 0.60 points to 19.98.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 103 to 79 and 3 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.18% or 0.12 to $67.58 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.39% or 0.29 to hit $73.57 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.86% or 11.50 to trade at $1321.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.35% to 4.5708, while USD/SAR rose 0.02% to 3.7510.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.42% at 90.94.