Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Agriculture & Food, Retail and Real Estate Development sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share fell 0.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Enaya Cooperative Insurance (SE:8311), which rose 5.19% or 0.72 points to trade at 14.60 at the close. Abdullah A. M. Al-Khodari Sons Co (SE:1330) added 3.18% or 0.20 points to end at 6.49 and Umm Al-Qura (SE:3005) was up 3.17% or 0.38 points to 12.38 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Electrical Industries Co (SE:1303), which lost 2.87% or 0.54 points to trade at 18.26 in late trade. National Petrochemical Company (SE:2002) declined 2.06% or 0.55 points to end at 26.20 and Savola Group (SE:2050) shed 2.05% or 0.65 points to 31.05.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 112 to 71 and 9 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.57% or 0.34 to $58.95 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.19% or 0.13 to hit $67.48 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.11% or 1.45 to trade at $1307.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.04% to 4.2579, while USD/SAR rose 0.01% to 3.7503.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 95.947.