Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Telecoms & IT, Cement and Hotels & Tourism sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share declined 0.09%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Cable Company (SE:2110), which rose 9.95% or 3.30 points to trade at 36.45 at the close. Meanwhile, Saudi Fisheries Co. (SE:6050) added 9.92% or 3.25 points to end at 36.00 and Anaam International Holding Group (SE:4061) was up 4.93% or 0.66 points to 14.06 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Saudi Enaya Cooperative Insurance (SE:8311), which fell 4.29% or 1.04 points to trade at 23.20 at the close. Mobile Telecommunications Company (SE:7030) declined 2.20% or 0.18 points to end at 8.00 and Basic Chemical Industries Co (SE:1210) was down 1.62% or 0.36 points to 21.90.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 92 to 79 and 20 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.73% or 0.31 to $42.84 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.06% or 0.03 to hit $50.80 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.55% or 6.95 to trade at $1278.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.05% to 4.2747, while USD/SAR rose 0.01% to 3.7516.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 96.278.