Saudi Arabia stocks lower at close of trade; Tadawul All Share down 0.26%

Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Building&Construction, Energy&Utilities and Financial Services sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share declined 0.26%.

The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Al Omran Industrial&Trading Co (TADAWUL:4141), which rose 5.41% or 2.00 points to trade at 39.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Zamil Industrial Investment Co (TADAWUL:2240) added 3.97% or 0.80 points to end at 20.94 and Maharah for Human Resources (TADAWUL:1831) was up 3.58% or 2.10 points to 60.80 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Al Baha Investment and Development Company SJSC (TADAWUL:4130), which fell 6.67% or 0.01 points to trade at 0.14 at the close. United Cooperative Assurance Co (TADAWUL:8190) declined 3.82% or 0.37 points to end at 9.31 and Al-Jouf Agriculture Development Co (TADAWUL:6070) was down 3.53% or 1.60 points to 43.75.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 173 to 96 and 15 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for January delivery was down 2.69% or 2.09 to $75.68 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 2.64% or 2.18 to hit $80.27 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.11% or 2.25 to trade at $2,003.85 a troy ounce.

EUR/SAR was unchanged 0.10% to 4.09, while USD/SAR unchanged 0.00% to 3.75.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 103.57.