Investing.com – United Arab Emirates equities were mixed at the close on Monday, as gains in the Real Estate & Construction, Consumer Staples and Services sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Telecoms, Insurance and Transport sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Dubai, the DFM General rose 0.22% to hit a new 1-month high, while the ADX General index lost 0.61%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DFM General were Emaar Malls Group (DU:EMAA), which rose 2.45% or 0.070 points to trade at 2.930 at the close. Dubai Financial Market PJSC (DU:DFM) added 1.54% or 0.020 points to end at 1.320 and Emaar Properties PJSC (DU:EMAR) was up 1.42% or 0.090 points to 6.440 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Takaful House (DU:DTKF), which lost 5.62% or 0.055 points to trade at 0.923 in late trade. Takaful Emarat PSC (DU:TKFE) declined 3.48% or 0.070 points to end at 1.940 and Commercial Bank of Dubai P.S.C. (DU:CBD) shed 2.88% or 0.150 points to 5.050.
The top performers on the ADX General were Finance House (AD:FH) which rose 4.49% to 1.860, Arkan Building Materials Co PJSC (AD:ARKN) which was up 4.44% to settle at 0.9400 and Al Khazna Ins (AD:AKIC) which gained 4.17% to close at 0.500.
The worst performers were Ad Natl Ins Co (AD:ADNI) which was down 9.09% to 2.000 in late trade, Gulf Cement Co (AD:GCEM) which lost 6.32% to settle at 0.8900 and Natl Bk Of Ad (AD:NBAD) which was down 3.38% to 10.00 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 15 to 14 and 6 ended unchanged; on the Abu Dhabi, 13 rose and 10 declined, while 7 ended unchanged on the Dubai Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 1.30% or 0.59 to $44.82 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 1.22% or 0.57 to hit $46.19 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.11% or 1.50 to trade at $1359.90 a troy ounce.
USD/AED was up 0.01% to 3.6731, while EUR/AED fell 0.06% to 4.0569.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.32% at 96.62.