Investing.com – United Arab Emirates equities were mixed at the close on Sunday, as gains in the Services, Real Estate & Construction and Insurance sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Consumer Staples, Telecoms and Transport sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Dubai, the DFM General added 0.08%, while the ADX General index declined 0.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DFM General were Amlak Finance PJSC (DU:AMLK), which rose 5.98% or 0.070 points to trade at 1.240 at the close. Arabtec Holding PJSC (DU:ARTC) added 3.88% or 0.050 points to end at 1.340 and Gulf Navigation Holding PJSC (DU:GNAV) was up 2.63% or 0.030 points to 1.170 in late trade.
Biggest losers included DXB Entertainments (P.J.S.C.) (DU:DXBE), which lost 1.25% or 0.020 points to trade at 1.580 in late trade. Damac Properties Dubai Co PSC (DU:DAMAC) declined 0.91% or 0.020 points to end at 2.170 and Dubai Financial Market PJSC (DU:DFM) shed 0.87% or 0.010 points to 1.140.
The top performers on the ADX General were Invest Bank AD (AD:INVB) which rose 0.92% to 2.200, First Gulf Bk (AD:FGB) which was up 0.89% to settle at 11.30 and Ad Islamic Bk (AD:ADIB) which gained 0.58% to close at 3.480.
The worst performers were Insurance Hous (AD:IH) which was down 7.41% to 0.750 in late trade, Arkan Building Materials Co PJSC (AD:ARKN) which lost 6.60% to settle at 0.9900 and National Marine Dredging PSC (AD:NMDC) which was down 6.00% to 4.700 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 14 to 13 and 7 ended unchanged; on the Abu Dhabi, 14 fell and 5 advanced, while 12 ended unchanged on the Dubai Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 2.11% or 1.05 to $48.67 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $50.68 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.47% or 6.00 to trade at $1275.50 a troy ounce.
USD/AED was unchanged 0.00% to 3.6729, while EUR/AED rose 0.79% to 4.0347.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.62% at 98.31.