Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Retail, Agriculture & Food and Media & Publishing sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share fell 0.94%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Indian Company Insurance (SE:8110), which rose 9.82% or 0.80 points to trade at 8.95 at the close. The Mediterranean&Gulf Insurance Co (SE:8030) added 8.31% or 1.55 points to end at 20.20 and Gulf General Cooperative Insurance (SE:8260) was up 7.22% or 1.30 points to 19.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Jarir Marketing Co (SE:4190), which lost 9.13% or 12.00 points to trade at 119.50 in late trade. ACE ARABIA COOPERATIVE INSURANCE (SE:8240) declined 6.41% or 3.35 points to end at 48.90 and Almarai Company (SE:2280) shed 4.87% or 3.75 points to 73.25.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 109 to 47 and 11 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 1.73% or 0.63 to $37.13 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 1.94% or 0.77 to hit $40.42 a barrel, while the April Gold contract fell 0.49% or 6.20 to trade at $1256.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.34% to 4.1138, while USD/SAR rose 0.01% to 3.7502.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.22% at 97.37.