Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Financial Services, Hotels & Tourism and Transport sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share gained 0.73%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were National Com Bnk (SE:1180), which rose 3.12% or 1.72 points to trade at 56.90 at the close. Saudi Advanced Industries Co. (SE:2120) added 3.04% or 0.41 points to end at 13.90 and Banque Saudi Fransi (SE:1050) was up 2.94% or 0.85 points to 29.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dar Alarkan Real Estate Development (SE:4300), which lost 9.71% or 1.14 points to trade at 10.60 in late trade. United Electronics Company (SE:4003) declined 2.79% or 1.38 points to end at 48.10 and Al Sorayai Trading&Industrial Group (SE:1213) shed 2.75% or 0.35 points to 12.40.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 99 to 79 and 5 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.84% or 0.51 to $60.88 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.71% or 0.47 to hit $67.04 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.04% or 0.50 to trade at $1316.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.29% to 4.5088, while USD/SAR fell 0.01% to 3.7500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 91.77.