Investing.com – United Arab Emirates equities were mixed at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Real Estate & Construction, Insurance and Consumer Staples sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Transport, Services and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Dubai, the DFM General added 0.92%, while the ADX General index lost 1.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DFM General were Drake & Scull International PJSC (DU:DSI), which rose 3.53% or 0.015 points to trade at 0.440 at the close. Emaar Properties PJSC (DU:EMAR) added 3.32% or 0.240 points to end at 7.470 and Islamic Arab Insurance Company (DU:SALAMA) was up 2.97% or 0.013 points to 0.450 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ARAMEX PJSC (DU:ARMX), which lost 1.48% or 0.080 points to trade at 5.320 in late trade. Dubai Islamic Insurance Co. (DU:AMAN) declined 1.09% or 0.009 points to end at 0.819 and Amanat Holdings PJSC (DU:AMANT) shed 0.92% or 0.010 points to 1.080.
The top performers on the ADX General were Umm Al Qaiwain Cement Industries Co PSC (AD:QIC) which rose 8.39% to 1.5500, Natl Bk Of Rak (AD:RAKB) which was up 4.35% to settle at 4.80 and Gulf Cement Co (AD:GCEM) which gained 3.92% to close at 1.0600.
The worst performers were Int Fish Farmi (AD:ASMK) which was down 4.57% to 1.67 in late trade, Gulf Pharm Ind (AD:GPHI) which lost 4.08% to settle at 2.350 and Waha Capital (AD:WAHA) which was down 2.17% to 1.800 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 20 to 9 and 8 ended unchanged; on the Abu Dhabi, 11 rose and 10 declined, while 6 ended unchanged on the Dubai Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.76% or 0.40 to $52.25 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.89% or 0.49 to hit $54.87 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.42% or 5.40 to trade at $1286.50 a troy ounce.
USD/AED was up 0.01% to 3.6731, while EUR/AED rose 0.26% to 3.9175.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 99.98.