Shares in Saudi Arabia rose at the close; Tadawul All Share rose 0.34% according to Investing.com
Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the , and sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia added 0.34%.
The best performers of the session were Salami Cooperative Insurance Co ( TADAWUL: ), which rose 9.54% or 1.74 points to trade at 19.98 at the close. Meanwhile, Wataniya Insurance Company ( TADAWUL: ) added 6.04% or 1.48 points in late trade at 26.00 and Allied Cooperative Insurance Group SJSC ( TADAWUL: ) was up 5.65% or 0.76 points at 14. 22.
The worst performers of the session were Nayifat Finance Co (TADAWUL: ), which declined 3.75% or 0.58 points to trade at 14.88 at the close. Riyad REIT (TADAWUL:) declined 2.79% or 0.19 points to end at 6.61 and AL-BABTAIN POWER &TELECOM CO (TADAWUL:) declined 2.31% or 0.90 points to 38.10.
On the stock exchange in Saudi Arabia, rising stocks outnumbered falling ones from 176 to 116, and 33 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.19% or 0.14 to $71.72 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent crude for March delivery was up 1.16% or 0.85 at $74.42 a barrel, while February gold futures were down 0.00% or 0.05 at 2,639.30 dollars per troy ounce.
EUR/SAR fell 0.16% to 3.91, while USD/SAR was unchanged 0.04% to 3.76.
US dollar index futures rose 0.32% to 108.28.
