Saudi Arabia stocks lower at close of trade; Tadawul All Share down 0.16%

Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Energy&Utilities, Real Estate Development and Transport sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share lost 0.16%.

The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Lazurde for Jewelry Co (TADAWUL:4011), which rose 10.00% or 1.22 points to trade at 13.42 at the close. Meanwhile, Al Sorayai Trading&Industrial Group (TADAWUL:1213) added 9.97% or 3.85 points to end at 42.45 and Saudi Research and Marketing Group (TADAWUL:4210) was up 6.62% or 9.00 points to 145.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Al Baha Investment and Development Company SJSC (TADAWUL:4130), which fell 7.14% or 0.01 points to trade at 0.13 at the close. Theeb Rent a Car Company SJSC (TADAWUL:4261) declined 4.42% or 2.80 points to end at 60.50 and National Agriculture Development Co (TADAWUL:6010) was down 4.18% or 0.96 points to 22.02.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 141 to 122 and 22 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for December delivery was down 1.53% or 1.18 to $76.19 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 1.38% or 1.13 to hit $80.48 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.21% or 4.20 to trade at $1,969.30 a troy ounce.

EUR/SAR was down 0.25% to 4.00, while USD/SAR unchanged 0.01% to 3.75.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 105.60.