Investing.com – United Arab Emirates equities were mixed at the close on Sunday, as gains in the Services, Insurance and Finance & Investment sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Transport, Banking and Real Estate & Construction sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Dubai, the DFM General lost 1.09% to hit a new 52-week low, while the ADX General index gained 0.82%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DFM General were Deyaar Development PJSC (DU:DEYR), which rose 2.53% or 0.012 points to trade at 0.487 at the close. Amanat Holdings PJSC (DU:AMANT) added 2.29% or 0.030 points to end at 1.340 and Dubai Islamic Insurance Co. (DU:AMAN) was up 1.89% or 0.013 points to 0.700 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Emirates Refreshments Company (DU:ERC), which lost 9.73% or 0.320 points to trade at 2.970 in late trade. ARAMEX PJSC (DU:ARMX) declined 3.70% or 0.160 points to end at 4.170 and AJMAN BANK PJSC (DU:AJBNK) shed 3.67% or 0.040 points to 1.050.
The top performers on the ADX General were Dana Gas (AD:DANA) which rose 8.33% to 0.910, Eshraq Properties Co PJSC (AD:ESHR) which was up 4.23% to settle at 0.7400 and First Abu Dhabi Bank PJSC (AD:FAB) which gained 2.19% to close at 11.65.
The worst performers were National Takaful Co PJSC (AD:WATA) which was down 7.69% to 0.48 in late trade, National Bank of Fujairah PJSC (AD:NBF) which lost 5.00% to settle at 2.85 and National Corp Tourism Hotels (AD:NCTH) which was down 3.85% to 2.00 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 21 to 7 and 11 ended unchanged; on the Abu Dhabi, 14 fell and 5 advanced, while 9 ended unchanged on the Dubai Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 2.35% or 1.51 to $65.81 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $69.81 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 1.49% or 19.80 to trade at $1347.20 a troy ounce.
USD/AED was up 0.01% to 3.6731, while EUR/AED rose 0.39% to 4.5374.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.41% at 89.10.