Investing.com – United Arab Emirates equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Consumer Staples, Real Estate & Construction and Transport sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Dubai, the DFM General lost 0.42%, while the ADX General index lost 0.37%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DFM General were Dubai Financial Market PJSC (DU:DFM), which rose 5.11% or 0.070 points to trade at 1.440 at the close. Takaful Emarat PSC (DU:TKFE) added 2.18% or 0.060 points to end at 2.810 and Dubai Islamic Bank (DU:DISB) was up 1.08% or 0.060 points to 5.600 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dubai Parks and Resorts PJSC (DU:DUBA), which lost 2.86% or 0.050 points to trade at 1.700 in late trade. Emaar Malls Group (DU:EMAA) declined 2.37% or 0.070 points to end at 2.880 and Mashreqbank PSC (DU:MASB) shed 1.52% or 1.00 points to 65.00.
The top performers on the ADX General were Rak Cement Co (AD:RKCC) which rose 2.50% to 0.820, Aldar Properti (AD:ALDR) which was up 2.13% to settle at 2.880 and Eshraq Properties Co PJSC (AD:ESHR) which gained 1.37% to close at 0.7400.
The worst performers were Ad Natl Ins Co (AD:ADNI) which was down 10.00% to 1.890 in late trade, National Marine Dredging PSC (AD:NMDC) which lost 5.71% to settle at 4.620 and Al Khazna Ins (AD:AKIC) which was down 4.88% to 0.390 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 18 to 9 and 8 ended unchanged; on the Abu Dhabi, 13 fell and 8 advanced, while 10 ended unchanged on the Dubai Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.48% or 0.22 to $45.96 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.43% or 0.21 to hit $48.56 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.91% or 12.25 to trade at $1359.75 a troy ounce.
USD/AED was down 0.01% to 3.6728, while EUR/AED rose 0.92% to 4.1459.
The US Dollar Index was down 1.04% at 94.59.