Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Hotels & Tourism , Cement and Petrochemicals sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share rose 0.07%.

The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were BAAN Holding Group Company SJSC (TADAWUL: 1820 ), which rose 9.73% or 0.22 points to trade at 2.48 at the close. Meanwhile, Saudi Industrial Export Co (TADAWUL: 4140 ) added 7.66% or 0.17 points to end at 2.39 and Almunajem Foods Company SJSC (TADAWUL: 4162 ) was up 5.77% or 4.20 points to 77.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were BURUJ COOPERATIVE INSURANCE CO (TADAWUL: 8270 ), which fell 3.24% or 0.60 points to trade at 17.92 at the close. Saudi Industrial Development Co. (TADAWUL: 2130 ) declined 3.07% or 0.98 points to end at 30.90 and The National Shipping Co. (TADAWUL: 4030 ) was down 3.06% or 0.75 points to 23.75.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 181 to 136 and 20 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.92% or 0.60 to $66.05 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.86% or 0.58 to hit $67.69 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.34% or 11.30 to trade at $3,361.10 a troy ounce.

EUR/SAR was down 0.33% to 4.41, while USD/SAR unchanged 0.00% to 3.75.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 96.67.