Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Agriculture & Food, Retail and Financial Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share added 0.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were National Gas & Industrialization Co (SE:2080), which rose 4.71% or 1.40 points to trade at 31.10 at the close. Middle East Paper Co (SE:1202) added 4.20% or 0.60 points to end at 14.90 and Taiba Holding Co. (SE:4090) was up 3.70% or 1.50 points to 42.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Saudi Industrial Investment Group (SE:2250), which lost 2.77% or 0.55 points to trade at 19.30 in late trade. Salama Cooperative Insurance Co (SE:8050) declined 2.74% or 0.45 points to end at 16.00 and Gulf Union Cooperative Insurance (SE:8120) shed 2.62% or 0.45 points to 16.75.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 87 to 61 and 30 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 2.66% or 1.32 to $48.34 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 2.72% or 1.42 to hit $50.82 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.26% or 3.29 to trade at $1265.39 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.32% to 4.2096, while USD/SAR fell 0.01% to 3.7500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 97.02.