Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Hotels & Tourism, Media & Publishing and Building & Construction sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share declined 3.42% to hit a new 6-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Mobile Telecommunications Company (SE:7030), which rose 3.05% or 0.20 points to trade at 6.75 at the close. Halwani Bros (SE:6001) added 1.41% or 0.60 points to end at 43.10 and Saudi Pharmaceutical Appliances (SE:2070) was up 0.95% or 0.30 points to 32.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included AL-BABTAIN POWER &TELECOM CO (SE:2320), which lost 10.48% or 2.40 points to trade at 20.50 in late trade. Saudi Marke (SE:4006) declined 10.28% or 2.60 points to end at 22.70 and Aseer Trading Tourism&Manufacturing (SE:4080) shed 9.89% or 1.40 points to 12.75.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 164 to 4 and 1 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.12% or 0.50 to $45.17 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.25% or 0.58 to hit $47.10 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.24% or 3.15 to trade at $1327.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.00% to 4.2081, while USD/SAR rose 0.02% to 3.7523.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.06% at 95.41.