Investing.com – United Arab Emirates stocks were mixed after the close on Sunday, as gains in the Services, Finance & Investment and Transport sectors led shares higher while losses in the Consumer Staples, Real Estate & Construction and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Dubai, the DFM General rose 0.36%, while the ADX General index fell 0.29%.
The best performers of the session on the DFM General were National Central Cooling Co. (DU:TABR), which rose 4.09% or 0.070 points to trade at 1.780 at the close. Meanwhile, Dubai Islamic Insurance Co. (DU:AMAN) added 3.29% or 0.021 points to end at 0.660 and Gulf General Investments Company (DU:GGIC) was up 2.57% or 0.007 points to 0.279 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Dubai National Insurance (DU:DNIN), which fell 7.30% or 0.260 points to trade at 3.300 at the close. Takaful House (DU:DTKF) declined 1.23% or 0.008 points to end at 0.641 and DXB Entertainments (P.J.S.C.) (DU:DXBE) was down 1.06% or 0.004 points to 0.375.
The top performers on the ADX General were Gulf Cement Co (AD:GCEM) which rose 7.53% to 1.0000, Dana Gas (AD:DANA) which was up 3.85% to settle at 1.080 and Gulf Medical Projects Co PSC (AD:GMPC) which gained 2.86% to close at 1.80.
The worst performers were National Marine Dredging PSC (AD:NMDC) which was down 10.00% to 2.520 in late trade, Ad Natl Energy (AD:TAQA) which lost 9.23% to settle at 1.180 and Rak Cement Co (AD:RKCC) which was down 4.11% to 0.700 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Dubai Stock Exchange by 23 to 11 and 5 ended unchanged; on the Abu Dhabi, 14 fell and 9 advanced, while 7 ended unchanged.
Shares in DXB Entertainments (P.J.S.C.) (DU:DXBE) fell to all time lows; losing 1.06% or 0.004 to 0.375. Shares in National Marine Dredging PSC (AD:NMDC) fell to all time lows; down 10.00% or 0.280 to 2.520.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 1.18% or 0.84 to $70.52 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.62% or 0.48 to hit $76.99 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.31% or 4.10 to trade at $1318.20 a troy ounce.
USD/AED was up 0.01% to 3.6732, while EUR/AED rose 0.23% to 4.3868.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 92.44.