Investing.com – United Arab Emirates equities were lower at the close on Sunday, as losses in the Consumer Staples, Real Estate & Construction and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Dubai, the DFM General lost 0.13%, while the ADX General index fell 0.48%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DFM General were SHUAA Capital PSC (DU:SHUA), which rose 6.71% or 0.110 points to trade at 1.750 at the close. Takaful House (DU:DTKF) added 4.24% or 0.050 points to end at 1.230 and Takaful Emarat PSC (DU:TKFE) was up 3.28% or 0.080 points to 2.520 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Arabtec Holding PJSC (DU:ARTC), which lost 3.94% or 0.041 points to trade at 0.999 in late trade. DXB Entertainments (P.J.S.C.) (DU:DXBE) declined 2.75% or 0.030 points to end at 1.060 and Drake & Scull International PJSC (DU:DSI) shed 2.60% or 0.013 points to 0.487.
The top performers on the ADX General were Eshraq Properties Co PJSC (AD:ESHR) which rose 9.52% to 1.1500, Rak Cmt & Cons (AD:RAKC) which was up 7.69% to settle at 1.260 and Gulf Cement Co (AD:GCEM) which gained 6.73% to close at 1.1100.
The worst performers were Abu Dhabi National Hotels Co (AD:ADNH) which was down 6.45% to 2.90 in late trade, Nat Bk Qaiwain (AD:NBQ) which lost 6.25% to settle at 3.00 and Agthia Group (AD:AGTH) which was down 2.65% to 6.60 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 15 to 13 and 8 ended unchanged; on the Abu Dhabi, 12 fell and 8 advanced, while 10 ended unchanged on the Dubai Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $53.78 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.14% or 0.08 to hit $55.73 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.46% or 5.75 to trade at $1235.85 a troy ounce.
USD/AED was unchanged 0.00% to 3.6729, while EUR/AED fell 0.59% to 3.8973.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.44% at 100.89.