Investing.com – United Arab Emirates equities were lower at the close on Sunday, as losses in the Finance & Investment, Insurance and Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Dubai, the DFM General declined 0.31%, while the ADX General index fell 0.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DFM General were Commercial Bank of Dubai P.S.C. (DU:CBD), which rose 2.05% or 0.080 points to trade at 3.980 at the close. Arabtec Holding PJSC (DU:ARTC) added 1.02% or 0.030 points to end at 2.980 and Air Arabia PJSC (DU:AIRA) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.000 points to 1.230 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SHUAA Capital PSC (DU:SHUA), which lost 2.73% or 0.030 points to trade at 1.070 in late trade. Drake & Scull International PJSC (DU:DSI) declined 2.40% or 0.050 points to end at 2.030 and Gulf General Investments Company (DU:GGIC) shed 1.67% or 0.007 points to 0.412.
The top performers on the ADX General were Green Crs Ins (AD:GCIC) which rose 13.04% to 0.780, Ras Al Khaimah Poultry and Feeding Co (AD:RAKP) which was up 7.84% to settle at 3.30 and Finance House (AD:FH) which gained 5.29% to close at 1.790.
The worst performers were Invest Bank AD (AD:INVB) which was down 10.00% to 1.980 in late trade, Rak Cmt & Cons (AD:RAKC) which lost 9.09% to settle at 1.000 and Gulf Pharm Ind (AD:GPHI) which was down 5.71% to 2.310 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 21 to 9 and 7 ended unchanged; on the Abu Dhabi, 14 fell and 8 advanced, while 6 ended unchanged on the Dubai Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 2.91% or 1.53 to $54.17 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 2.23% or 1.32 to hit $60.62 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.51% or 6.46 to trade at $1276.06 a troy ounce.
USD/AED was down 0.01% to 3.6728, while EUR/AED fell 0.39% to 4.2634.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 94.72.