Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Energy & Utilities, Media & Publishing and Hotels & Tourism sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share gained 0.43%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were The Saudi British Bank (SE:1060), which rose 3.49% or 1.35 points to trade at 40.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Advanced Petrochemical Company (SE:2330) added 3.47% or 2.00 points to end at 59.60 and Fawaz Abdulaziz AlHokair Company (SE:4240) was up 2.75% or 0.64 points to 23.88 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Saudi Telecom (SE:7010), which fell 2.11% or 2.20 points to trade at 102.00 at the close. The Company for Coop. Insurance (SE:8010) declined 1.69% or 1.20 points to end at 70.00 and Yanbu Cement Co. (SE:3060) was down 1.64% or 0.50 points to 29.90.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 98 to 68 and 21 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 2.32% or 1.34 to $59.17 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.42% or 0.91 to hit $65.19 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.57% or 8.05 to trade at $1410.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.03% to 4.2606, while USD/SAR rose 0.00% to 3.7504.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 95.757.