Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Telecoms & IT, Financial Services and Energy & Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share fell 0.49%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Industrial Export Co (SE:4140), which rose 9.98% or 12.20 points to trade at 134.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Saudi Company for Hardware (SE:4008) added 9.97% or 7.10 points to end at 78.30 and Allianz Saudi Fransi Cooperative Insurance Company (SE:8040) was up 9.95% or 2.10 points to 23.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nama Chemicals Co. (SE:2210), which fell 3.97% or 1.00 points to trade at 24.20 at the close. Samba Financial Group (SE:1090) declined 2.60% or 0.80 points to end at 30.00 and Saudi Ceramic Co. (SE:2040) was down 2.38% or 0.50 points to 20.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 121 to 53 and 11 ended unchanged.
Shares in Saudi Industrial Export Co (SE:4140) rose to 52-week highs; up 9.98% or 12.20 to 134.40.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.98% or 0.65 to $67.08 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.55% or 0.42 to hit $76.86 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $1233.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.62% to 4.2772, while USD/SAR fell 0.03% to 3.7507.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.46% at 96.15.