Investing.com – United Arab Emirates equities were mixed at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Transport, Consumer Staples and Insurance sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Banking, Finance & Investment and Real Estate & Construction sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Dubai, the DFM General added 0.22%, while the ADX General index lost 0.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DFM General were Islamic Arab Insurance Company (DU:SALAMA), which rose 3.43% or 0.016 points to trade at 0.482 at the close. Air Arabia PJSC (DU:AIRA) added 3.08% or 0.040 points to end at 1.340 and Dubai Parks and Resorts PJSC (DU:DUBA) was up 2.90% or 0.040 points to 1.420 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dubai Financial Market PJSC (DU:DFM), which lost 3.15% or 0.040 points to trade at 1.230 in late trade. Dubai Islamic Bank (DU:DISB) declined 1.92% or 0.100 points to end at 5.100 and Drake & Scull International PJSC (DU:DSI) shed 1.44% or 0.008 points to 0.546.
The top performers on the ADX General were Int Fish Farmi (AD:ASMK) which rose 13.99% to 1.63, Al Khazna Ins (AD:AKIC) which was up 5.88% to settle at 0.360 and Natl Bk Of Ad (AD:NBAD) which gained 2.50% to close at 7.80.
The worst performers were Nat Bk Qaiwain (AD:NBQ) which was down 9.86% to 3.11 in late trade, Gulf Cement Co (AD:GCEM) which lost 5.62% to settle at 0.8400 and Abu Dhabi National for Building Materials Co PJSC (AD:BILD) which was down 4.00% to 0.480 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 21 to 9 and 2 ended unchanged; on the Abu Dhabi, 12 fell and 8 advanced, while 9 ended unchanged on the Dubai Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.34% or 0.17 to $49.50 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.46% or 0.23 to hit $50.13 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.24% or 2.95 to trade at $1213.75 a troy ounce.
USD/AED was unchanged 0.00% to 3.6730, while EUR/AED rose 0.12% to 4.0983.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.15% at 95.58.