Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Media & Publishing, Petrochemicals and Cement sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share added 0.22%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Enaya Cooperative Insurance (SE:8311), which rose 9.93% or 2.24 points to trade at 24.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Saudi Research and Marketing Group (SE:4210) added 8.77% or 7.90 points to end at 98.00 and Arabian Shield Coop Insurance Co (SE:8070) was up 4.32% or 1.15 points to 27.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were United Cooperative Assurance Co (SE:8190), which fell 3.38% or 0.48 points to trade at 13.74 at the close. Arab National Bank (SE:1080) declined 3.33% or 1.10 points to end at 31.90 and Alinma Tokio Marine Co (SE:8312) was down 2.51% or 0.54 points to 21.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 94 to 78 and 13 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.38% or 0.97 to $71.50 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.05% or 0.80 to hit $76.94 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.25% or 3.10 to trade at $1256.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.40% to 4.3506, while USD/SAR rose 0.02% to 3.7510.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.38% at 94.72.