Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Agriculture & Food, Retail and Real Estate Development sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share fell 0.21%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Enaya Cooperative Insurance (SE:8311), which rose 5.19% or 0.72 points to trade at 14.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Abdullah A. M. Al-Khodari Sons Co (SE:1330) added 3.18% or 0.20 points to end at 6.49 and Umm Al-Qura (SE:3005) was up 3.17% or 0.38 points to 12.38 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Electrical Industries Co (SE:1303), which fell 2.87% or 0.54 points to trade at 18.26 at the close. National Petrochemical Company (SE:2002) declined 2.06% or 0.55 points to end at 26.20 and Savola Group (SE:2050) was down 2.05% or 0.65 points to 31.05.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 112 to 71 and 9 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.57% or 0.34 to $58.95 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.19% or 0.13 to hit $67.48 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.12% or 1.55 to trade at $1308.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.04% to 4.2579, while USD/SAR rose 0.01% to 3.7503.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 95.947.