Investing.com – United Arab Emirates equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Staples, Banking and Finance & Investment sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Dubai, the DFM General gained 0.08%, while the ADX General index climbed 0.75%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DFM General were Mashreqbank PSC (DU:MASB), which rose 15.00% or 10.80 points to trade at 82.80 at the close. Takaful House (DU:DTKF) added 6.09% or 0.070 points to end at 1.220 and Marka Pjse (DU:MARKA) was up 4.17% or 0.05 points to 1.25 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Gulf Navigation Holding PJSC (DU:GNAV), which lost 9.93% or 0.140 points to trade at 1.270 in late trade. Damac Properties Dubai Co PSC (DU:DAMAC) declined 8.00% or 0.220 points to end at 2.530 and Takaful Emarat PSC (DU:TKFE) shed 3.39% or 0.080 points to 2.280.
The top performers on the ADX General were Abu Dhabi National for Building Materials Co PJSC (AD:BILD) which rose 3.85% to 0.540, Int Fish Farmi (AD:ASMK) which was up 3.82% to settle at 1.63 and Waha Capital (AD:WAHA) which gained 3.37% to close at 1.840.
The worst performers were Sharjah Islami (AD:SIB) which was down 4.35% to 1.320 in late trade, Gulf Pharm Ind (AD:GPHI) which lost 3.29% to settle at 2.350 and Ad Natl Energy (AD:TAQA) which was down 3.23% to 0.600 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 21 to 13 and 5 ended unchanged; on the Abu Dhabi, 13 rose and 5 declined, while 7 ended unchanged on the Dubai Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.37% or 0.18 to $49.41 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.42% or 0.22 to hit $52.35 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.44% or 5.66 to trade at $1271.84 a troy ounce.
USD/AED was up 0.01% to 3.6732, while EUR/AED rose 0.13% to 3.9965.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 98.92.