Investing.com – United Arab Emirates equities were mixed at the close on Sunday, as gains in the Transport, Finance & Investment and Banking sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Consumer Staples, Insurance and Real Estate & Construction sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Dubai, the DFM General lost 0.72%, while the ADX General index climbed 0.46%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DFM General were Mashreqbank PSC (DU:MASB), which rose 9.72% or 7.00 points to trade at 79.00 at the close. SHUAA Capital PSC (DU:SHUA) added 9.68% or 0.061 points to end at 0.691 and Gulf General Investments Company (DU:GGIC) was up 1.07% or 0.007 points to 0.660 in late trade.
Biggest losers included National General Insurance Co PSC (DU:NGIN), which lost 10.00% or 0.33 points to trade at 2.97 in late trade. Dubai Parks and Resorts PJSC (DU:DUBA) declined 2.78% or 0.040 points to end at 1.400 and Drake & Scull International PJSC (DU:DSI) shed 2.59% or 0.015 points to 0.565.
The top performers on the ADX General were Invest Bank AD (AD:INVB) which rose 13.16% to 2.15, National Marine Dredging PSC (AD:NMDC) which was up 12.86% to settle at 5.88 and Dana Gas (AD:DANA) which gained 3.57% to close at 0.580.
The worst performers were Ad Shipbldg Co (AD:ADSB) which was down 6.90% to 2.70 in late trade, Natl Co Bldg M (AD:BILD) which lost 4.00% to settle at 0.480 and Al Khazna Ins (AD:AKIC) which was down 2.86% to 0.340 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 22 to 8 and 5 ended unchanged; on the Abu Dhabi, 16 fell and 9 advanced, while 3 ended unchanged on the Dubai Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $41.71 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 1.67% or 0.73 to hit $43.11 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.75% or 9.20 to trade at $1235.70 a troy ounce.
USD/AED was unchanged 0.00% to 3.6730, while EUR/AED rose 0.20% to 4.1463.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.27% at 94.68.