Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Hotels & Tourism, Petrochemicals and Insurance sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share rose 0.34%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were ALAHLI TAKAFUL COMPANY (SE:8130), which rose 4.96% or 1.25 points to trade at 26.45 at the close. Meanwhile, Saudi Transport & Investment Co (SE:4110) added 4.67% or 1.65 points to end at 36.95 and National Medical Care Company (SE:4005) was up 4.02% or 1.95 points to 50.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Alujain Corporation (SE:2170), which fell 5.52% or 1.75 points to trade at 29.95 at the close. Al Alamiya Cooperative Insurance (SE:8280) declined 2.54% or 0.95 points to end at 36.50 and AXA Cooperative Insurance Company (SE:8250) was down 1.89% or 0.40 points to 20.80.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 101 to 66 and 18 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.12% or 0.09 to $75.14 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.08% or 0.07 to hit $84.73 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $1207.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.12% to 4.3254, while USD/SAR rose 0.01% to 3.7500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 95.24.