Investing.com – United Arab Emirates equities were mixed at the close on Sunday, as gains in the Transport, Finance & Investment and Real Estate & Construction sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Consumer Staples, Telecoms and Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Dubai, the DFM General gained 0.50%, while the ADX General index lost 0.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DFM General were Takaful Emarat PSC (DU:TKFE), which rose 6.67% or 0.100 points to trade at 1.600 at the close. Damac Properties Dubai Co PSC (DU:DAMAC) added 5.14% or 0.13 points to end at 2.66 and Gulf Navigation Holding PJSC (DU:GNAV) was up 5.04% or 0.024 points to 0.500 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dubai Parks and Resorts PJSC (DU:DUBA), which lost 1.64% or 0.020 points to trade at 1.200 in late trade. Emaar Malls Group (DU:EMAA) declined 1.04% or 0.03 points to end at 2.85 and Dubai Islamic Insurance Co. (DU:AMAN) shed 0.90% or 0.005 points to 0.550.
The top performers on the ADX General were Ad Shipbldg Co (AD:ADSB) which rose 9.30% to 2.82, Dana Gas (AD:DANA) which was up 4.88% to settle at 0.430 and Rak Properties (AD:RPRO) which gained 4.08% to close at 0.510.
The worst performers were National Marine Dredging PSC (AD:NMDC) which was down 10.00% to 4.86 in late trade, Agthia Group (AD:AGTH) which lost 1.94% to settle at 7.60 and Methaq (AD:METH) which was down 1.45% to 0.680 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 17 to 9; on the Abu Dhabi, 15 rose and 7 declined, while 3 ended unchanged on the Dubai Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.56% or 0.23 to $41.48 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.55% or 0.24 to hit $44.42 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.08% or 0.90 to trade at $1077.00 a troy ounce.
USD/AED was down 0.01% to 3.6727, while EUR/AED fell 0.90% to 3.9081.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.58% at 99.65.