United Arab Emirates shares lower at close of trade; DFM General down 0.90%

Investing.com – United Arab Emirates equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Finance & Investment , Consumer Staples and Real Estate & Construction sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Dubai, the DFM General fell 0.90%, while the ADX General index fell 2.13%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the DFM General were Takaful Emarat PSC (DU: TKFE ), which rose 7.21% or 0.150 points to trade at 2.230 at the close. AJMAN BANK PJSC (DU: AJBNK ) added 2.00% or 0.020 points to end at 1.020 and Drake & Scull International PJSC (DU: DSI ) was up 1.74% or 0.020 points to 1.170 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Gulf General Investments Company (DU: GGIC ), which lost 2.61% or 0.008 points to trade at 0.298 in late trade. Gulf Navigation Holding PJSC (DU: GNAV ) declined 2.31% or 0.023 points to end at 0.972 and Dubai Investments PJSC (DU: DINV ) shed 2.30% or 0.050 points to 2.120.

The top performers on the ADX General were Methaq (AD: METH ) which rose 6.33% to 0.840, Dana Gas (AD: DANA ) which was up 0.93% to settle at 1.080 and Ad Islamic Bk (AD: ADIB ) which gained 0.26% to close at 3.910.

The worst performers were Union Insurance Co PSC (AD: UNIN ) which was down 7.41% to 1.75 in late trade, Rak Cement Co (AD: RKCC ) which lost 5.33% to settle at 0.710 and First Abu Dhabi Bank PJSC (AD: FAB ) which was down 3.54% to 12.25 at the close.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 23 to 7 and 5 ended unchanged; on the Abu Dhabi, 10 fell and 5 advanced, while 10 ended unchanged on the Dubai Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.51% or 0.34 to $66.02 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.20% or 0.15 to hit $75.73 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.08% or 1.10 to trade at $1298.30 a troy ounce.

USD/AED was unchanged 0.00% to 3.6732, while EUR/AED rose 0.13% to 4.3202.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 93.79.