Investing.com – United Arab Emirates equities were mixed at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Finance & Investment, Real Estate & Construction and Transport sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Banking, Insurance and Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Dubai, the DFM General gained 0.25%, while the ADX General index lost 0.75%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DFM General were Gulf Navigation Holding PJSC (DU:GNAV), which rose 4.90% or 0.070 points to trade at 1.500 at the close. Takaful Emarat PSC (DU:TKFE) added 3.48% or 0.080 points to end at 2.380 and Dubai Investments PJSC (DU:DINV) was up 2.34% or 0.050 points to 2.190 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Gulf General Investments Company (DU:GGIC), which lost 2.50% or 0.010 points to trade at 0.390 in late trade. Arabtec Holding PJSC (DU:ARTC) declined 2.43% or 0.019 points to end at 0.762 and Takaful House (DU:DTKF) shed 1.77% or 0.020 points to 1.110.
The top performers on the ADX General were Dana Gas (AD:DANA) which rose 7.35% to 0.730, Commercial Bank International (AD:CBI) which was up 3.31% to settle at 1.250 and Natl Bk Of Rak (AD:RAKB) which gained 2.48% to close at 4.54.
The worst performers were Nat Bk Qaiwain (AD:NBQ) which was down 9.84% to 2.75 in late trade, Union Natl Bk (AD:UNB) which lost 4.55% to settle at 4.620 and Gulf Cement Co (AD:GCEM) which was down 4.12% to 0.9300 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 19 to 10 and 7 ended unchanged; on the Abu Dhabi, 18 fell and 6 advanced, while 7 ended unchanged on the Dubai Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.47% or 0.21 to $44.52 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.30% or 0.14 to hit $46.86 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 1.43% or 18.21 to trade at $1257.69 a troy ounce.
USD/AED was up 0.01% to 3.6731, while EUR/AED fell 0.49% to 4.1002.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.36% at 97.26.