Investing.com – United Arab Emirates equities were higher at the close on Sunday, as gains in the Finance & Investment, Transport and Real Estate & Construction sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Dubai, the DFM General rose 0.23%, while the ADX General index climbed 0.05%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DFM General were Union Properties PJSC (DU:UPRO), which rose 3.60% or 0.040 points to trade at 1.150 at the close. Dubai National Insurance (DU:DNIN) added 2.04% or 0.050 points to end at 2.500 and Amlak Finance PJSC (DU:AMLK) was up 1.60% or 0.020 points to 1.270 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Emirates Refreshments Company (DU:ERC), which lost 10.00% or 0.490 points to trade at 4.410 in late trade. Marka Pjse (DU:MARKA) declined 3.14% or 0.05 points to end at 1.54 and Gulf General Investments Company (DU:GGIC) shed 0.99% or 0.005 points to 0.500.
The top performers on the ADX General were Int Fish Farmi (AD:ASMK) which rose 2.70% to 1.90, Bank Of Sharja (AD:BOS) which was up 2.22% to settle at 1.380 and Dana Gas (AD:DANA) which gained 1.85% to close at 0.550.
The worst performers were Abu Dhabi National Hotels Co (AD:ADNH) which was down 7.94% to 2.90 in late trade, Al Khazna Ins (AD:AKIC) which lost 5.41% to settle at 0.350 and Ad Commercial (AD:ADCB) which was down 0.88% to 6.74 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 20 to 13 and 7 ended unchanged; on the Abu Dhabi, 13 rose and 6 declined, while 9 ended unchanged on the Dubai Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.53% or 0.28 to $53.23 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $55.90 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.34% or 3.80 to trade at $1134.50 a troy ounce.
USD/AED was up 0.00% to 3.6726, while EUR/AED rose 0.16% to 3.8399.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.12% at 102.95.