Investing.com – United Arab Emirates equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Finance & Investment, Real Estate & Construction and Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Dubai, the DFM General rose 0.04%, while the ADX General index gained 0.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DFM General were SHUAA Capital PSC (DU:SHUA), which rose 5.67% or 0.044 points to trade at 0.820 at the close. Marka Pjse (DU:MARKA) added 4.42% or 0.05 points to end at 1.18 and ARAMEX PJSC (DU:ARMX) was up 1.53% or 0.060 points to 3.990 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Commercial Bank of Dubai P.S.C. (DU:CBD), which lost 5.66% or 0.300 points to trade at 5.000 in late trade. Drake & Scull International PJSC (DU:DSI) declined 2.28% or 0.012 points to end at 0.514 and Takaful House (DU:DTKF) shed 1.51% or 0.015 points to 0.980.
The top performers on the ADX General were Gulf Pharm Ind (AD:GPHI) which rose 1.36% to 2.230, Eshraq Properties Co PJSC (AD:ESHR) which was up 1.23% to settle at 0.8200 and Rak Cement Co (AD:RKCC) which gained 1.22% to close at 0.830.
The worst performers were Bank Of Sharja (AD:BOS) which was down 5.59% to 1.350 in late trade, Methaq (AD:METH) which lost 2.22% to settle at 0.880 and Aldar Properti (AD:ALDR) which was down 1.81% to 2.710 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 13 to 12 and 10 ended unchanged; on the Abu Dhabi, 13 rose and 8 declined, while 5 ended unchanged on the Dubai Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 1.76% or 0.80 to $46.30 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.40% or 0.67 to hit $48.65 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.16% or 2.20 to trade at $1351.40 a troy ounce.
USD/AED was down 0.01% to 3.6728, while EUR/AED rose 0.47% to 4.1470.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.32% at 94.65.