Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Energy & Utilities, Financial Services and Building & Construction sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share added 0.11%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were The Qassim Cement Co (SE:3040), which rose 6.53% or 2.50 points to trade at 40.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Yanbu Cement Co. (SE:3060) added 4.35% or 1.20 points to end at 28.80 and City Cement Co (SE:3003) was up 4.00% or 0.44 points to 11.44 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Allied Cooperative Insurance Group SJSC (SE:8150), which fell 3.85% or 0.80 points to trade at 20.00 at the close. National Industrialization Co (SE:2060) declined 3.22% or 0.62 points to end at 18.64 and ACE ARABIA COOPERATIVE INSURANCE (SE:8240) was down 2.86% or 0.80 points to 27.20.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 110 to 63 and 14 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.21% or 0.14 to $66.16 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.05% or 0.04 to hit $74.47 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.13% or 1.65 to trade at $1274.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.30% to 4.1970, while USD/SAR rose 0.00% to 3.7502.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 97.488.