Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Transport, Financial Services and Energy & Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share gained 0.29%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Arabia Refineries Co. (SE:2030), which rose 9.64% or 3.70 points to trade at 42.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Saudi Indian Company Insurance (SE:8110) added 6.74% or 0.90 points to end at 14.25 and BANK ALBILAD (SE:1140) was up 4.18% or 0.90 points to 22.45 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Saudi Printing & Packaging Company (SE:4270), which fell 8.48% or 1.45 points to trade at 15.65 at the close. Tabuk Agriculture Development Co. (SE:6040) declined 3.64% or 0.50 points to end at 13.25 and Saudi Chemical Company (SE:2230) was down 3.28% or 2.00 points to 59.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 88 to 78.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 1.30% or 0.56 to $43.76 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.82% or 0.39 to hit $47.20 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.79% or 9.20 to trade at $1175.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.37% to 4.1568, while USD/SAR rose 0.02% to 3.7510.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.34% at 96.69.