Saudi Arabia's stock market finished the Wednesday session with broad gains, led by advances in Industrial Investment, Hotels & Tourism and Real Estate Development names that pushed the Tadawul All Share higher.
At the close of trade, the Tadawul All Share rose 0.90%, marking a peak for the index over the last three months.
Top performers
- Nice One Beauty Digital Marketing (TADAWUL:4193) was the session's strongest gainer, increasing 9.94% - a rise of 1.20 points - to finish at 13.27.
- Wataniya Insurance Company (TADAWUL:8300) climbed 8.36% or 1.06 points to close at 13.74.
- Arabian Pipes Company (TADAWUL:2200) advanced 7.21%, up 0.48 points, ending the session at 7.14.
Lagging stocks
- Dallah Healthcare Holding Company (TADAWUL:4004) was the weakest name, falling 4.50% - a drop of 6.10 points - to close at 129.50.
- Gulf Union Cooperative Insurance (TADAWUL:8120) declined 2.61% or 0.30 points to end the day at 11.20.
- Taiba Holding Co. (TADAWUL:4090) slipped 2.03%, down 0.86 points, to finish at 41.42.
Market breadth favored advancing issues: 273 stocks rose compared with 73 that declined, while 11 securities closed unchanged.
Commodities and currencies
Crude oil for May delivery moved slightly lower, down 0.04% or 0.04 to $91.24 per barrel. Brent crude for June delivery edged higher, gaining 0.41% or 0.39 to $95.18 a barrel. In precious metals, the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.33% or 15.86 to trade at $4,834.24 a troy ounce.
In currency markets, EUR/SAR was effectively unchanged, at 4.42 representing a 0.11% move, and USD/SAR saw a minimal change of 0.02% to 3.75. The US Dollar Index Futures finished up 0.12% at 98.02.
These session-level movements reflect the day's trading without attribution to external events in this report. The data above summarizes closing prices, percentage changes and point moves for the named securities and instruments.