Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Petrochemicals, Industrial Investment and Multi Investment sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share gained 0.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Printing & Packaging Company (SE:4270), which rose 9.91% or 2.02 points to trade at 22.40 at the close. Nama Chemicals Co. (SE:2210) added 9.87% or 1.48 points to end at 16.48 and Saudi Arabian Amiantit Co. (SE:2160) was up 9.54% or 0.56 points to 6.43 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Saudi Research and Marketing Group (SE:4210), which lost 5.54% or 4.50 points to trade at 76.80 in late trade. Saudi Marke (SE:4006) declined 4.98% or 1.50 points to end at 28.60 and Saudi Industrial Export Co (SE:4140) shed 4.35% or 1.45 points to 31.85.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 104 to 68 and 8 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.85% or 0.42 to $49.59 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.98% or 0.51 to hit $52.65 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.23% or 15.53 to trade at $1278.13 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.36% to 4.3909, while USD/SAR rose 0.02% to 3.7503.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 93.68.