Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Agriculture & Food , Telecoms & IT and Transport sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share gained 0.32% to hit a new 3-months high.

The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Nice One Beauty Digital Marketing (TADAWUL: 4193 ), which rose 9.94% or 5.40 points to trade at 59.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Power and Water Utility Company for Jubail and Yanbu (TADAWUL: 2083 ) added 5.77% or 3.00 points to end at 55.00 and United Int Transportation Company (TADAWUL: 4260 ) was up 4.86% or 3.90 points to 84.10 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Astra Industrial Group (TADAWUL: 1212 ), which fell 5.46% or 11.00 points to trade at 190.60 at the close. Saudi RE Cooperative Reinsurance (TADAWUL: 8200 ) declined 3.53% or 2.10 points to end at 57.40 and Riyadh Cables Group Company CJSC (TADAWUL: 4142 ) was down 3.05% or 4.60 points to 146.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 162 to 149 and 26 ended unchanged.

Shares in Nice One Beauty Digital Marketing (TADAWUL: 4193 ) rose to all time highs; gaining 9.94% or 5.40 to 59.70.

Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.43% or 0.33 to $76.70 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.20% or 0.16 to hit $80.08 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.94% or 25.11 to trade at $2,707.41 a troy ounce.

EUR/SAR was unchanged 0.09% to 3.86, while USD/SAR unchanged 0.02% to 3.75.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 109.04.