Investing.com – United Arab Emirates equities were mixed at the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Staples, Services and Real Estate & Construction sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Finance & Investment, Banking and Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Dubai, the DFM General declined 0.59%, while the ADX General index climbed 1.28%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DFM General were National Central Cooling Co. (DU:TABR), which rose 4.57% or 0.045 points to trade at 1.030 at the close. Emaar Malls Group (DU:EMAA) added 2.08% or 0.05 points to end at 2.40 and Dubai Parks and Resorts PJSC (DU:DUBA) was up 1.83% or 0.020 points to 1.110 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Emirates NBD PJSC (DU:ENBD), which lost 3.38% or 0.260 points to trade at 7.430 in late trade. SHUAA Capital PSC (DU:SHUA) declined 3.13% or 0.011 points to end at 0.340 and Dubai Investments PJSC (DU:DINV) shed 2.82% or 0.050 points to 1.720.
The top performers on the ADX General were Ad Commercial (AD:ADCB) which rose 4.83% to 6.29, Natl Bk Of Ad (AD:NBAD) which was up 3.91% to settle at 7.97 and Eshraq Properties Co PJSC (AD:ESHR) which gained 3.85% to close at 0.5400.
The worst performers were Ad Shipbldg Co (AD:ADSB) which was down 9.03% to 2.99 in late trade, Invest Bank AD (AD:INVB) which lost 8.75% to settle at 1.46 and Em Driving Co (AD:DRIV) which was down 6.90% to 5.40 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 16 to 11 and 2 ended unchanged; on the Abu Dhabi, 14 fell and 14 advanced, while 1 ended unchanged on the Dubai Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.06% or 0.35 to $33.27 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.07% or 0.03 to hit $35.97 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.59% or 6.60 to trade at $1123.00 a troy ounce.
USD/AED was up 0.01% to 3.6730, while EUR/AED rose 0.27% to 3.9896.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.14% at 99.46.