Investing.com – United Arab Emirates equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Consumer Staples, Finance & Investment and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Dubai, the DFM General fell 0.78% to hit a new 3-month low, while the ADX General index fell 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DFM General were Amanat Holdings PJSC (DU:AMANT), which rose 2.68% or 0.030 points to trade at 1.150 at the close. National Central Cooling Co. (DU:TABR) added 1.59% or 0.030 points to end at 1.920 and Emaar Malls (DU:EMAA) was up 1.15% or 0.030 points to 2.630 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dubai Financial Market PJSC (DU:DFM), which lost 3.57% or 0.040 points to trade at 1.080 in late trade. Gulf General Investments Company (DU:GGIC) declined 3.39% or 0.013 points to end at 0.370 and DXB Entertainments (P.J.S.C.) (DU:DXBE) shed 2.18% or 0.018 points to 0.807.
The top performers on the ADX General were Dana Gas (AD:DANA) which rose 2.38% to 0.430, Arkan Building Materials Co PJSC (AD:ARKN) which was up 1.49% to settle at 0.6800 and Ad Commercial (AD:ADCB) which gained 0.68% to close at 7.35.
The worst performers were Commercial Bank International (AD:CBI) which was down 5.06% to 1.500 in late trade, United Arab Bk (AD:UAB) which lost 3.85% to settle at 1.500 and Sharjah Cement AD (AD:SCID) which was down 2.97% to 0.980 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 25 to 9 and 2 ended unchanged; on the Abu Dhabi, 15 fell and 4 advanced, while 9 ended unchanged on the Dubai Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.59% or 0.30 to $50.83 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.59% or 0.32 to hit $53.55 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.13% or 1.62 to trade at $1259.78 a troy ounce.
USD/AED was up 0.01% to 3.6732, while EUR/AED fell 0.00% to 4.1274.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 96.86.