Investing.com – Saudi Arabia equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Transport, Hotels & Tourism and Industrial Investment sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share declined 1.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Al-Ahlia Insurance Company (SE:8140), which rose 10.32% or 0.65 points to trade at 6.95 at the close. Malath Cooperative Insurance Co (SE:8020) added 4.12% or 0.35 points to end at 8.85 and Solidarity Saudi Takaful Co (SE:8290) was up 3.96% or 0.40 points to 10.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Wataniya Insurance Company (SE:8300), which lost 6.14% or 2.10 points to trade at 32.10 in late trade. Nama Chemicals Co. (SE:2210) declined 5.32% or 0.25 points to end at 4.45 and Aljazira Takaful Taawuni Company (SE:8012) shed 4.24% or 1.40 points to 31.60.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 148 to 18 and 4 ended unchanged on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.58% or 0.30 to $51.87 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.24% or 0.13 to hit $54.92 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.44% or 5.40 to trade at $1241.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.16% to 3.9987, while USD/SAR rose 0.00% to 3.7503.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 100.39.