Investing.com – United Arab Emirates stocks were mixed after the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms, Consumer Staples and Finance & Investment sectors led shares higher while losses in the Banking, Services and Real Estate & Construction sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Dubai, the DFM General gained 0.18% to hit a new 1-month high, while the ADX General index declined 0.16%.
The best performers of the session on the DFM General were Marka Pjse (DU:MARKA), which rose 14.87% or 0.10 points to trade at 0.78 at the close. Meanwhile, Dubai Islamic Insurance Co. (DU:AMAN) added 2.58% or 0.024 points to end at 0.954 and SHUAA Capital PSC (DU:SHUA) was up 2.50% or 0.030 points to 1.230 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Amlak Finance PJSC (DU:AMLK), which fell 1.72% or 0.020 points to trade at 1.140 at the close. Arabtec Holding PJSC (DU:ARTC) declined 1.27% or 0.040 points to end at 3.120 and Takaful House (DU:DTKF) was down 0.93% or 0.010 points to 1.060.
The top performers on the ADX General were Ad Natl Ins Co (AD:ADNI) which rose 4.05% to 3.850, Rak Cement Co (AD:RKCC) which was up 3.90% to settle at 0.800 and Sharjah Islami (AD:SIB) which gained 2.24% to close at 1.370.
The worst performers were Fujairah Cement Industries Co PSC (AD:FCI) which was down 8.70% to 1.050 in late trade, Dana Gas (AD:DANA) which lost 2.41% to settle at 0.810 and Eshraq Properties Co PJSC (AD:ESHR) which was down 2.22% to 0.8800 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Dubai Stock Exchange by 19 to 14 and 4 ended unchanged; on the Abu Dhabi, 11 rose and 9 declined, while 8 ended unchanged.
Shares in Ad Natl Ins Co (AD:ADNI) rose to 52-week highs; up 4.05% or 0.150 to 3.850.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.67% or 0.32 to $47.80 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.28% or 0.15 to hit $53.63 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.76% or 10.30 to trade at $1340.90 a troy ounce.
USD/AED was up 0.01% to 3.6732, while EUR/AED fell 0.14% to 4.4125.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 91.47.