Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Real Estate Development, Media & Publishing and Retail sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share lost 0.88%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Industrial Export Co (SE:4140), which rose 10.01% or 4.74 points to trade at 52.10 at the close. Saudi Cable Company (SE:2110) added 10.00% or 2.90 points to end at 31.90 and HSBC Amanah Saudi 20 was up 4.68% or 1.45 points to 32.45 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Jabal Omar Development Company (SE:4250), which lost 3.35% or 1.30 points to trade at 37.45 in late trade. Electrical Industries Co (SE:1303) declined 3.28% or 0.60 points to end at 17.70 and Alinma Tokio Marine Co (SE:8312) shed 3.16% or 0.58 points to 17.76.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 122 to 45 and 14 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.53% or 0.40 to $74.56 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.56% or 0.48 to hit $84.52 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.08% or 0.90 to trade at $1190.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.25% to 4.3214, while USD/SAR fell 0.03% to 3.7496.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 95.25.