Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Media & Publishing, Hotels & Tourism and Petrochemicals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share added 1.17%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Saudi Enaya Cooperative Insurance (SE:8311), which rose 10.38% or 1.10 points to trade at 11.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Saudi Printing & Packaging Company (SE:4270) added 9.79% or 2.05 points to end at 23.00 and Tihama Advertising&Public Relations (SE:4070) was up 9.54% or 3.30 points to 37.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ACE ARABIA COOPERATIVE INSURANCE (SE:8240), which fell 2.52% or 1.20 points to trade at 46.50 at the close. The Mediterranean&Gulf Insurance Co (SE:8030) declined 2.17% or 0.50 points to end at 22.50 and Allied Cooperative Insurance Group (SE:8150) was down 1.66% or 0.25 points to 14.85.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 133 to 27 and 7 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 2.12% or 0.77 to $37.11 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 1.81% or 0.70 to hit $39.44 a barrel, while the April Gold contract fell 0.06% or 0.70 to trade at $1230.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was down 0.41% to 4.1490, while USD/SAR rose 0.01% to 3.7500.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.40% at 97.05.