Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Media & Publishing, Retail and Hotels & Tourism sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share gained 0.10%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Industrial Export Co (SE:4140), which rose 9.96% or 15.16 points to trade at 167.40 at the close. Meanwhile, United Electronics Company (SE:4003) added 5.94% or 2.97 points to end at 53.00 and Northern Region Cement Co (SE:3004) was up 4.31% or 0.44 points to 10.66 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Etihad Etisalat Co (SE:7020), which fell 7.08% or 1.13 points to trade at 14.84 at the close. Malath Cooperative Insurance Co (SE:8020) declined 4.21% or 0.77 points to end at 17.54 and Saudi Enaya Cooperative Insurance (SE:8311) was down 3.01% or 0.54 points to 17.40.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 98 to 76 and 13 ended unchanged.
Shares in United Electronics Company (SE:4003) rose to 52-week highs; rising 5.94% or 2.97 to 53.00.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.93% or 0.55 to $58.64 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.54% or 0.34 to hit $62.38 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.22% or 2.90 to trade at $1333.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.01% to 4.6311, while USD/SAR rose 0.01% to 3.7506.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 89.57.