Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Building & Construction, Cement and Real Estate Development sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share fell 0.66%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Fawaz Abdulaziz AlHokair Company (SE:4240), which rose 6.66% or 2.02 points to trade at 32.35 at the close. Meanwhile, Abdullah Al Othaim Markets Company (SE:4001) added 5.45% or 6.87 points to end at 133.00 and Mouwasat Medical Services Company (SE:4002) was up 5.32% or 8.76 points to 173.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Anaam International Holding Group (SE:4061), which fell 7.08% or 1.00 points to trade at 13.12 at the close. Al Yamamah Steel Industries Co (SE:1304) declined 6.20% or 1.52 points to end at 23.00 and Saudi Kayan Petrochemical Company (SE:2350) was down 4.91% or 0.61 points to 11.82.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 125 to 53 and 6 ended unchanged.
Shares in Abdullah Al Othaim Markets Company (SE:4001) rose to all time highs; rising 5.45% or 6.87 to 133.00.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.47% or 0.30 to $63.09 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.13% or 0.09 to hit $66.77 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.31% or 4.10 to trade at $1325.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.34% to 4.6270, while USD/SAR rose 0.01% to 3.7504.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 89.74.