Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Energy & Utilities, Hotels & Tourism and Financial Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share rose 0.57%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Aldrees Petroleum & Transport Svcs (SE:4200), which rose 5.60% or 1.64 points to trade at 30.95 at the close. Al-Rajhi Cooperative Insurance (SE:8230) added 3.36% or 1.90 points to end at 58.50 and Arab National Bank (SE:1080) was up 3.11% or 0.74 points to 24.54 in late trade.
Biggest losers included The Mediterranean&Gulf Insurance Co (SE:8030), which lost 5.46% or 1.79 points to trade at 31.00 in late trade. Middle East Specialized Cables Co (SE:2370) declined 3.96% or 0.37 points to end at 8.97 and Salama Cooperative Insurance Co (SE:8050) shed 3.52% or 0.81 points to 22.18.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 109 to 69 on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.08% or 0.04 to $50.38 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.05% or 0.03 to hit $55.97 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.11% or 1.42 to trade at $1279.32 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.19% to 4.4123, while USD/SAR rose 0.03% to 3.7511.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 93.26.