Investing.com – United Arab Emirates stocks were mixed after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Transport, Insurance and Banking sectors led shares higher while losses in the Finance & Investment, Consumer Staples and Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Dubai, the DFM General declined 0.46%, while the ADX General index gained 0.48%.
The best performers of the session on the DFM General were Drake & Scull International PJSC (DU:DSI), which rose 2.81% or 0.050 points to trade at 1.830 at the close. Meanwhile, Takaful House (DU:DTKF) added 1.29% or 0.011 points to end at 0.865 and Damac Properties Dubai Co PSC (DU:DAMAC) was up 0.88% or 0.030 points to 3.440 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Dubai Investments PJSC (DU:DINV), which fell 1.95% or 0.050 points to trade at 2.520 at the close. Dubai Financial Market PJSC (DU:DFM) declined 1.80% or 0.020 points to end at 1.090 and Arabtec Holding PJSC (DU:ARTC) was down 1.23% or 0.030 points to 2.410.
The top performers on the ADX General were Ad Shipbldg Co (AD:ADSB) which rose 14.95% to 2.230, Agthia Group (AD:AGTH) which was up 2.59% to settle at 5.14 and Union Natl Bk (AD:UNB) which gained 2.56% to close at 4.000.
The worst performers were International Holding Company PJSC (AD:IHC) which was down 2.70% to 1.44 in late trade, Natl Bk Of Rak (AD:RAKB) which lost 2.08% to settle at 4.70 and Rak Cement Co (AD:RKCC) which was down 1.54% to 0.640 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Dubai Stock Exchange by 23 to 10 and 5 ended unchanged; on the Abu Dhabi, 10 rose and 8 declined, while 7 ended unchanged.
Shares in Arabtec Holding PJSC (DU:ARTC) fell to 52-week lows; falling 1.23% or 0.030 to 2.410. Shares in Rak Cement Co (AD:RKCC) fell to 3-years lows; losing 1.54% or 0.010 to 0.640.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.86% or 0.50 to $57.61 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.74% or 0.47 to hit $62.91 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.10% or 1.31 to trade at $1293.09 a troy ounce.
USD/AED was up 0.00% to 3.6730, while EUR/AED fell 0.08% to 4.3659.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 92.96.