Investing.com – United Arab Emirates equities were lower at the close on Sunday, as losses in the Consumer Staples, Real Estate & Construction and Transport sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Dubai, the DFM General fell 1.19%, while the ADX General index lost 0.78%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DFM General were Islamic Arab Insurance Company (DU:SALAMA), which rose 3.26% or 0.014 points to trade at 0.444 at the close. Dubai National Insurance (DU:DNIN) unchanged 0.00% or 0.000 points to end at 2.450 and Dubai Islamic Insurance Co. (DU:AMAN) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.000 points to 0.636 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dubai Parks and Resorts PJSC (DU:DUBA), which lost 5.11% or 0.070 points to trade at 1.300 in late trade. Gulf General Investments Company (DU:GGIC) declined 3.27% or 0.021 points to end at 0.621 and Arabtec Holding PJSC (DU:ARTC) shed 2.44% or 0.040 points to 1.600.
The top performers on the ADX General were Ad Shipbldg Co (AD:ADSB) which rose 14.74% to 3.27, Natl Bk Of Rak (AD:RAKB) which was up 5.08% to settle at 6.20 and Bank Of Sharja (AD:BOS) which gained 4.44% to close at 1.41.
The worst performers were Agthia Group (AD:AGTH) which was down 3.20% to 7.26 in late trade, Dana Gas (AD:DANA) which lost 1.96% to settle at 0.500 and Ad Islamic Bk (AD:ADIB) which was down 1.80% to 3.82 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 21 to 1 and 3 ended unchanged; on the Abu Dhabi, 10 fell and 9 advanced, while 1 ended unchanged on the Dubai Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.50% or 0.20 to $39.59 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $41.03 a barrel, while the June Gold contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $1223.50 a troy ounce.
USD/AED was unchanged 0.00% to 3.6730, while EUR/AED fell 0.25% to 4.0959.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.11% at 96.17.