Investing.com – United Arab Emirates equities were lower at the close on Sunday, as losses in the Real Estate & Construction, Banking and Finance & Investment sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Dubai, the DFM General declined 0.76%, while the ADX General index lost 1.40%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DFM General were Gulf General Investments Company (DU:GGIC), which rose 4.14% or 0.011 points to trade at 0.277 at the close. AJMAN BANK PJSC (DU:AJBNK) added 3.00% or 0.030 points to end at 1.030 and Drake & Scull International PJSC (DU:DSI) was up 1.69% or 0.020 points to 1.200 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Damac Properties Dubai Co PSC (DU:DAMAC), which lost 2.08% or 0.050 points to trade at 2.350 in late trade. Dubai Financial Market PJSC (DU:DFM) declined 1.85% or 0.020 points to end at 1.060 and Emaar Malls (DU:EMAA) shed 1.43% or 0.030 points to 2.070.
The top performers on the ADX General were National Marine Dredging PSC (AD:NMDC) which rose 13.49% to 3.280, National Takaful Co PJSC (AD:WATA) which was up 5.88% to settle at 0.54 and Ad Natl Ins Co (AD:ADNI) which gained 2.86% to close at 3.600.
The worst performers were Em Driving Co (AD:DRIV) which was down 5.41% to 7.00 in late trade, Ad Natl Energy (AD:TAQA) which lost 4.69% to settle at 1.220 and Ad Shipbldg Co (AD:ADSB) which was down 3.33% to 2.030 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 22 to 9 and 6 ended unchanged; on the Abu Dhabi, 15 fell and 6 advanced, while 7 ended unchanged on the Dubai Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 4.57% or 3.23 to $67.48 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $76.47 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.25% or 3.20 to trade at $1301.20 a troy ounce.
USD/AED was down 0.01% to 3.6730, while EUR/AED fell 0.65% to 4.2787.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.52% at 94.21.