Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Energy & Utilities, Building & Construction and Real Estate Development sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share gained 0.33%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi RE Cooperative Reinsurance (SE:8200), which rose 8.25% or 0.61 points to trade at 8.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Dar Alarkan Real Estate Development (SE:4300) added 4.61% or 0.65 points to end at 14.76 and Saudi Electricity Company (SE:5110) was up 4.12% or 0.83 points to 21.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Saudi Industrial Export Co (SE:4140), which fell 3.75% or 5.77 points to trade at 148.00 at the close. Alinma Bank (SE:1150) declined 2.76% or 0.54 points to end at 19.06 and Alinma Tokio Marine Co (SE:8312) was down 2.04% or 0.45 points to 21.60.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 115 to 59 and 10 ended unchanged.
Shares in Dar Alarkan Real Estate Development (SE:4300) rose to 3-years highs; rising 4.61% or 0.65 to 14.76.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.70% or 0.42 to $59.55 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.86% or 0.57 to hit $65.89 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.26% or 3.30 to trade at $1290.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.29% to 4.4620, while USD/SAR fell 0.00% to 3.7501.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 92.59.