Investing.com – United Arab Emirates equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Staples, Banking and Real Estate & Construction sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Dubai, the DFM General declined 0.97%, while the ADX General index declined 1.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DFM General were AJMAN BANK PJSC (DU:AJBNK), which rose 3.17% or 0.030 points to trade at 0.977 at the close. Gulf Navigation Holding PJSC (DU:GNAV) added 1.28% or 0.012 points to end at 0.952 and Dubai Financial Market PJSC (DU:DFM) was up 1.14% or 0.011 points to 0.979 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Drake & Scull International PJSC (DU:DSI), which lost 9.93% or 0.055 points to trade at 0.499 in late trade. Takaful Emarat PSC (DU:TKFE) declined 4.02% or 0.080 points to end at 1.910 and Takaful House (DU:DTKF) shed 3.24% or 0.022 points to 0.658.
The top performers on the ADX General were Nat Bk Qaiwain (AD:NBQ) which rose 12.70% to 2.75, Abu Dhabi National for Building Materials Co PJSC (AD:BILD) which was up 9.80% to settle at 0.560 and Union Natl Bk (AD:UNB) which gained 3.78% to close at 3.840.
The worst performers were Aldar Properti (AD:ALDR) which was down 2.53% to 1.930 in late trade, First Abu Dhabi Bank PJSC (AD:FAB) which lost 2.44% to settle at 14.00 and Ad Commercial (AD:ADCB) which was down 1.54% to 7.04 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 23 to 8 and 5 ended unchanged; on the Abu Dhabi, 12 fell and 9 advanced, while 7 ended unchanged on the Dubai Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.07% or 0.05 to $66.89 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.07% or 0.05 to hit $72.33 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.10% or 1.20 to trade at $1222.20 a troy ounce.
USD/AED was up 0.01% to 3.6732, while EUR/AED fell 0.14% to 4.2592.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 95.09.