Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Real Estate Development, Petrochemicals and Telecoms & IT sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share rose 0.54%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Dar Alarkan Real Estate Development (SE:4300), which rose 7.85% or 0.75 points to trade at 10.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Saudi Int Petrochemical Co (SE:2310) added 5.58% or 1.20 points to end at 22.70 and Rabigh Refining & Petrochemical Co (SE:2380) was up 5.56% or 1.00 points to 19.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Saudi United Cooperative Insurance (SE:8060), which fell 4.41% or 0.87 points to trade at 18.80 at the close. Anaam International Holding Group (SE:4061) declined 3.69% or 0.40 points to end at 10.44 and Allianz Saudi Fransi Cooperative Insurance Company (SE:8040) was down 3.21% or 0.78 points to 23.52.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 98 to 71 and 20 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.98% or 0.62 to $62.51 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.57% or 0.41 to hit $71.77 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.02% or 0.25 to trade at $1273.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.07% to 4.1870, while USD/SAR rose 0.01% to 3.7502.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 97.887.