Investing.com – United Arab Emirates stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Services, Consumer Staples and Transport sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Dubai, the DFM General added 0.21%, while the ADX General index added 0.22%.
The best performers of the session on the DFM General were Takaful Emarat PSC (DU:TKFE), which rose 4.58% or 0.130 points to trade at 2.970 at the close. Meanwhile, Arabtec Holding PJSC (DU:ARTC) added 3.42% or 0.050 points to end at 1.510 and Amanat Holdings PJSC (DU:AMANT) was up 3.41% or 0.029 points to 0.879 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Gulf General Investments Company (DU:GGIC), which fell 0.91% or 0.005 points to trade at 0.547 at the close. Damac Properties Dubai Co PSC (DU:DAMAC) declined 0.83% or 0.020 points to end at 2.380 and Dubai Islamic Bank (DU:DISB) was down 0.55% or 0.030 points to 5.430.
The top performers on the ADX General were Int Fish Farmi (AD:ASMK) which rose 5.56% to 1.52, Arkan Building Materials Co PJSC (AD:ARKN) which was up 2.44% to settle at 0.8400 and Natl Bk Of Rak (AD:RAKB) which gained 1.94% to close at 5.25.
The worst performers were Rak Cement Co (AD:RKCC) which was down 3.61% to 0.800 in late trade, Ad Islamic Bk (AD:ADIB) which lost 2.08% to settle at 3.760 and Dana Gas (AD:DANA) which was down 1.75% to 0.560 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Dubai Stock Exchange by 18 to 11 and 4 ended unchanged; on the Abu Dhabi Stock Exchange, 14 fell and 10 advanced, while 4 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.04% or 0.02 to $44.68 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.13% or 0.06 to hit $46.83 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.13% or 1.75 to trade at $1309.65 a troy ounce.
USD/AED was unchanged 0.00% to 3.6731, while EUR/AED fell 0.06% to 4.0951.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.01% at 96.02.