Investing.com – United Arab Emirates stocks were mixed after the close on Monday, as gains in the Finance & Investment, Consumer Staples and Transport sectors led shares higher while losses in the Telecoms, Banking and Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Dubai, the DFM General declined 0.27%, while the ADX General index added 0.92%.
The best performers of the session on the DFM General were SHUAA Capital PSC (DU:SHUA), which rose 9.29% or 0.130 points to trade at 1.530 at the close. Meanwhile, Commercial Bank of Dubai P.S.C. (DU:CBD) added 5.05% or 0.250 points to end at 5.200 and Takaful House (DU:DTKF) was up 4.21% or 0.038 points to 0.941 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Takaful Emarat PSC (DU:TKFE), which fell 2.82% or 0.070 points to trade at 2.410 at the close. Amanat Holdings PJSC (DU:AMANT) declined 2.00% or 0.018 points to end at 0.882 and Union Properties PJSC (DU:UPRO) was down 1.98% or 0.020 points to 0.990.
The top performers on the ADX General were Eshraq Properties Co PJSC (AD:ESHR) which rose 8.08% to 1.0700, Ad Commercial (AD:ADCB) which was up 2.48% to settle at 6.20 and First Gulf Bk (AD:FGB) which gained 2.16% to close at 11.80.
The worst performers were Ad Shipbldg Co (AD:ADSB) which was down 1.38% to 2.850 in late trade, Emirates Ins C (AD:EIC) which unchanged 0.00% to settle at 5.80 and Int Fish Farmi (AD:ASMK) which was unchanged 0.00% to 1.55 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Dubai Stock Exchange by 16 to 14 and 8 ended unchanged; on the Abu Dhabi Stock Exchange, 10 rose and 3 declined, while 10 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.01% or 0.52 to $52.20 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 1.19% or 0.65 to hit $55.11 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.90% or 10.55 to trade at $1167.25 a troy ounce.
USD/AED was unchanged 0.00% to 3.6730, while EUR/AED fell 0.03% to 3.9183.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.10% at 100.85.