Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Telecoms & IT, Financial Services and Agriculture & Food sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share rose 2.02%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Telecom (SE:7010), which rose 9.75% or 5.75 points to trade at 64.75 at the close. Meanwhile, Alinma Tokio Marine Co (SE:8312) added 6.44% or 1.15 points to end at 19.00 and Al Sagr Co-operative Insurance Co (SE:8180) was up 4.45% or 1.30 points to 30.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Saudi Research and Marketing Group (SE:4210), which fell 4.81% or 1.25 points to trade at 24.75 at the close. Saudi Marke (SE:4006) declined 1.55% or 1.00 points to end at 63.50 and Filing & Packing Materials Co. (SE:2180) was down 1.46% or 0.60 points to 40.40.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 141 to 25.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 1.12% or 0.49 to $43.72 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.35% or 0.17 to hit $47.93 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.08% or 0.90 to trade at $1087.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.01% to 4.0227, while USD/SAR fell 0.02% to 3.7498.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.07% at 99.20.