Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Energy & Utilities , Agriculture & Food and Petrochemicals sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share declined 0.14%.

The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Umm Al Qura for Development and Construction Company SCJSC (TADAWUL: 4325 ), which rose 8.62% or 2.12 points to trade at 26.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Saudi Real Estate Co. (TADAWUL: 4020 ) added 7.68% or 1.49 points to end at 20.89 and Retal Urban Development Company SJSC (TADAWUL: 4322 ) was up 6.62% or 1.00 points to 16.10 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Alinma Retail REIT Fund Unit (TADAWUL: 4345 ), which fell 3.53% or 0.17 points to trade at 4.64 at the close. Perfect Presentation for Commercial Services Company PJSC (TADAWUL: 7204 ) declined 3.17% or 0.37 points to end at 11.31 and Saudi Cable Company (TADAWUL: 2110 ) was down 3.15% or 4.50 points to 138.50.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 189 to 139 and 13 ended unchanged.

Shares in Umm Al Qura for Development and Construction Company SCJSC (TADAWUL: 4325 ) rose to all time highs; rising 8.62% or 2.12 to 26.70.

Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.18% or 0.12 to $68.21 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.13% or 0.09 to hit $70.06 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.44% or 14.50 to trade at $3,302.40 a troy ounce.

EUR/SAR was down 0.14% to 4.39, while USD/SAR unchanged 0.00% to 3.75.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 97.27.