Investing.com – United Arab Emirates equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Staples, Finance & Investment and Real Estate & Construction sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Dubai, the DFM General added 0.65%, while the ADX General index gained 0.42%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DFM General were Takaful Emarat PSC (DU:TKFE), which rose 9.03% or 0.130 points to trade at 1.570 at the close. Damac Properties Dubai Co PSC (DU:DAMAC) added 3.53% or 0.12 points to end at 3.52 and Dubai Parks and Resorts PJSC (DU:DUBA) was up 2.86% or 0.030 points to 1.080 in late trade.
Biggest losers included National Central Cooling Co. (DU:TABR), which lost 3.33% or 0.040 points to trade at 1.160 in late trade. AJMAN BANK PJSC (DU:AJBNK) declined 2.31% or 0.040 points to end at 1.690 and Emirates NBD PJSC (DU:ENBD) shed 2.08% or 0.180 points to 8.470.
The top performers on the ADX General were Methaq (AD:METH) which rose 4.40% to 0.950, Ad Shipbldg Co (AD:ADSB) which was up 3.32% to settle at 3.01 and Rak Cement Co (AD:RKCC) which gained 2.41% to close at 0.850.
The worst performers were Rak Ceramics (AD:RKCE) which was down 4.29% to 3.35 in late trade, Natl Bk Of Ad (AD:NBAD) which lost 3.13% to settle at 9.60 and Al Khazna Ins (AD:AKIC) which was down 2.50% to 0.400 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 15 to 9; on the Abu Dhabi, 14 rose and 6 declined on the Dubai Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.84% or 0.37 to $44.37 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.50% or 0.23 to hit $47.59 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.34% or 3.80 to trade at $1103.90 a troy ounce.
USD/AED was up 0.02% to 3.6731, while EUR/AED fell 0.04% to 4.1548.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.01% at 95.38.