Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Hotels & Tourism, Retail and Real Estate Development sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share lost 0.90%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were United Cooperative Assurance Co (SE:8190), which rose 9.77% or 1.05 points to trade at 11.80 at the close. Al-Rajhi Cooperative Insurance (SE:8230) added 6.56% or 1.60 points to end at 26.00 and National Gas & Industrialization Co (SE:2080) was up 3.82% or 0.90 points to 24.45 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fawaz Abdulaziz AlHokair Company (SE:4240), which lost 7.30% or 3.85 points to trade at 48.90 in late trade. Dar Alarkan Real Estate Development (SE:4300) declined 5.69% or 0.35 points to end at 5.80 and Alkhaleej Training & Education Co (SE:4290) shed 4.84% or 1.40 points to 27.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 140 to 19 and 10 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.71% or 0.83 to $47.66 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 2.21% or 1.10 to hit $48.73 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.28% or 3.60 to trade at $1284.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.12% to 4.2080, while USD/SAR rose 0.01% to 3.7500.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.08% at 94.95.