Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Retail, Cement and Financial Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share added 0.57% to hit a new 3-years high.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Industrial Investment Group (SE:2250), which rose 4.45% or 1.10 points to trade at 25.80 at the close. Meanwhile, BANK ALBILAD (SE:1140) added 3.90% or 1.20 points to end at 32.00 and ACE ARABIA COOPERATIVE INSURANCE (SE:8240) was up 3.11% or 0.70 points to 23.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Saudi Pharmaceutical Appliances (SE:2070), which fell 3.05% or 0.85 points to trade at 27.05 at the close. Saudi RE Cooperative Reinsurance (SE:8200) declined 2.50% or 0.19 points to end at 7.41 and Al Sorayai Trading&Industrial Group (SE:1213) was down 2.44% or 0.30 points to 12.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 95 to 77 and 16 ended unchanged.
Shares in BANK ALBILAD (SE:1140) rose to 3-years highs; up 3.90% or 1.20 to 32.00.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.18% or 0.11 to $62.47 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.23% or 0.16 to hit $69.53 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.12% or 1.55 to trade at $1293.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.29% to 4.2138, while USD/SAR rose 0.01% to 3.7506.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 96.665.