Investing.com – United Arab Emirates stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Staples, Telecoms and Real Estate & Construction sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Dubai, the DFM General added 0.08%, while the ADX General index added 0.12%.
The best performers of the session on the DFM General were Commercial Bank of Dubai P.S.C. (DU:CBD), which rose 3.22% or 0.140 points to trade at 4.490 at the close. Meanwhile, Drake & Scull International PJSC (DU:DSI) added 1.98% or 0.008 points to end at 0.413 and DXB Entertainments (P.J.S.C.) (DU:DXBE) was up 1.32% or 0.010 points to 0.766 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were AJMAN BANK PJSC (DU:AJBNK), which fell 3.20% or 0.040 points to trade at 1.210 at the close. Dubai Financial Market PJSC (DU:DFM) declined 2.48% or 0.030 points to end at 1.180 and SHUAA Capital PSC (DU:SHUA) was down 2.16% or 0.030 points to 1.360.
The top performers on the ADX General were Rak Cmt & Cons (AD:RAKC) which rose 12.77% to 1.060, Al Khazna Ins (AD:AKIC) which was up 2.70% to settle at 0.380 and Agthia Group (AD:AGTH) which gained 1.74% to close at 5.27.
The worst performers were Sharjah Cement AD (AD:SCID) which was down 9.17% to 0.990 in late trade, Sharjah Islami (AD:SIB) which lost 4.23% to settle at 1.360 and Ad Aviation (AD:ADAV) which was down 3.70% to 2.600 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Dubai Stock Exchange by 17 to 17 and 2 ended unchanged; on the Abu Dhabi, 10 fell and 9 advanced, while 9 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.85% or 0.39 to $46.16 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.96% or 0.46 to hit $48.52 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.15% or 1.83 to trade at $1256.73 a troy ounce.
USD/AED was up 0.01% to 3.6732, while EUR/AED fell 0.13% to 4.2784.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 93.78.