Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Media & Publishing , Hotels & Tourism and Real Estate Development sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share fell 0.64%.

The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Jamjoom Pharmaceuticals Factory Company SJSC (TADAWUL: 4015 ), which rose 9.91% or 15.60 points to trade at 173.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Al Yamamah Steel Industries Co (TADAWUL: 1304 ) added 4.65% or 1.55 points to end at 34.85 and BURUJ COOPERATIVE INSURANCE CO (TADAWUL: 8270 ) was up 4.46% or 0.86 points to 20.14 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were MBC Group CJSC (TADAWUL: 4072 ), which fell 4.42% or 1.90 points to trade at 41.10 at the close. Nice One Beauty Digital Marketing (TADAWUL: 4193 ) declined 4.00% or 1.50 points to end at 36.00 and Saudi RE Cooperative Reinsurance (TADAWUL: 8200 ) was down 3.81% or 1.95 points to 49.25.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 250 to 72 and 12 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for June delivery was down 1.37% or 0.83 to $59.59 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 1.30% or 0.82 to hit $62.46 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.58% or 19.50 to trade at $3,314.10 a troy ounce.

EUR/SAR was unchanged 0.03% to 4.27, while USD/SAR unchanged 0.00% to 3.75.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 99.15.