Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Retail, Financial Services and Industrial Investment sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share gained 0.84%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Alujain Corporation (SE:2170), which rose 9.97% or 2.32 points to trade at 25.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Nama Chemicals Co. (SE:2210) added 6.71% or 0.94 points to end at 14.94 and The Saudi Investment Bank (SE:1030) was up 6.56% or 0.86 points to 13.96 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Saudi Research and Marketing Group (SE:4210), which fell 9.97% or 4.90 points to trade at 44.25 at the close. Saudi Printing & Packaging Company (SE:4270) declined 9.40% or 1.66 points to end at 16.00 and Tihama Advertising&Public Relations (SE:4070) was down 7.72% or 2.85 points to 34.05.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 118 to 50 and 12 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 2.00% or 0.90 to $45.94 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.64% or 0.78 to hit $48.30 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.62% or 7.53 to trade at $1222.23 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.35% to 4.2852, while USD/SAR rose 0.03% to 3.7515.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 95.63.