Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Retail, Agriculture & Food and Transport sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share rose 0.48%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Company for Hardware (SE:4008), which rose 9.96% or 12.06 points to trade at 133.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Middle East Healthcare Co (SE:4009) added 6.15% or 3.35 points to end at 57.80 and AXA Cooperative Insurance Company (SE:8250) was up 3.91% or 1.01 points to 26.85 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Saudi Electricity Company (SE:5110), which fell 4.22% or 0.89 points to trade at 20.20 at the close. Al Maather REIT (SE:4334) declined 4.18% or 0.37 points to end at 8.48 and Al Hassan Ghazi Ibrahim Shaker (SE:1214) was down 3.55% or 0.41 points to 11.14.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 93 to 84 and 7 ended unchanged.
Shares in Saudi Company for Hardware (SE:4008) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 9.96% or 12.06 to 133.20. Shares in Al Maather REIT (SE:4334) fell to all time lows; down 4.18% or 0.37 to 8.48.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.90% or 0.57 to $64.11 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 1.11% or 0.75 to hit $68.17 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.50% or 6.50 to trade at $1318.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.35% to 4.6069, while USD/SAR fell 0.01% to 3.7499.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.36% at 89.69.