Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Media & Publishing, Real Estate Development and Cement sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share fell 0.40% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi RE Cooperative Reinsurance (SE:8200), which rose 4.48% or 0.30 points to trade at 7.00 at the close. United Int Transportation Company (SE:4260) added 4.27% or 0.90 points to end at 22.00 and Al-Tayyar Travel Group Holding Co. (SE:1810) was up 3.87% or 1.25 points to 33.55 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Middle East Paper Co (SE:1202), which lost 5.73% or 0.98 points to trade at 16.12 in late trade. National Medical Care Company (SE:4005) declined 4.62% or 1.90 points to end at 39.20 and Saudi Research and Marketing Group (SE:4210) shed 3.21% or 2.40 points to 72.40.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 111 to 60 and 7 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.02% or 0.01 to $49.17 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.19% or 0.10 to hit $51.88 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.22% or 2.83 to trade at $1269.77 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.54% to 4.4495, while USD/SAR rose 0.01% to 3.7504.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.30% at 92.64.