Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Media & Publishing, Cement and Financial Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share fell 0.28%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudia Dairy and Foodstuff .Co (SE:2270), which rose 6.08% or 5.50 points to trade at 96.00 at the close. Meanwhile, National Medical Care Company (SE:4005) added 4.82% or 2.50 points to end at 54.40 and Tihama Advertising&Public Relations (SE:4070) was up 3.89% or 1.85 points to 49.35 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Al Alamiya Cooperative Insurance (SE:8280), which fell 2.82% or 0.85 points to trade at 29.25 at the close. Yanbu National Petrochemical Co (SE:2290) declined 2.68% or 2.00 points to end at 72.70 and Salama Cooperative Insurance Co (SE:8050) was down 2.46% or 0.54 points to 21.40.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 92 to 71 and 23 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.41% or 0.27 to $65.25 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.40% or 0.30 to hit $75.08 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.02% or 0.20 to trade at $1302.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.44% to 4.4140, while USD/SAR fell 0.01% to 3.7501.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 93.55.