Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Industrial Investment, Cement and Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share declined 1.17%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Fawaz Abdulaziz AlHokair Company (SE:4240), which rose 10.00% or 2.10 points to trade at 23.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Al Sorayai Trading&Industrial Group (SE:1213) added 9.90% or 1.18 points to end at 13.10 and Al Baha Investment and Development Company SJSC (SE:4130) was up 5.35% or 1.06 points to 20.86 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Saudi Industrial Export Co (SE:4140), which fell 9.93% or 16.40 points to trade at 148.80 at the close. Al-Rajhi Cooperative Insurance (SE:8230) declined 4.48% or 2.90 points to end at 61.90 and Anb Insurance (SE:8011) was down 3.60% or 0.74 points to 19.84.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 133 to 45 and 5 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.99% or 0.55 to $56.24 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 1.16% or 0.76 to hit $66.23 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.24% or 2.90 to trade at $1202.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.08% to 4.2385, while USD/SAR rose 0.02% to 3.7520.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 96.98.