Investing.com – United Arab Emirates stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Consumer Staples, Transport and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Dubai, the DFM General declined 0.26%, while the ADX General index declined 1.74%.
The best performers of the session on the DFM General were SHUAA Capital PSC (DU:SHUA), which rose 12.07% or 0.070 points to trade at 0.650 at the close. Meanwhile, National Central Cooling Co. (DU:TABR) added 7.50% or 0.090 points to end at 1.290 and Deyaar Development PJSC (DU:DEYR) was up 3.62% or 0.021 points to 0.601 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Dubai Islamic Bank (DU:DISB), which fell 1.34% or 0.080 points to trade at 5.870 at the close. Gulf Navigation Holding PJSC (DU:GNAV) declined 1.31% or 0.012 points to end at 0.902 and Emaar Properties PJSC (DU:EMAR) was down 0.99% or 0.060 points to 5.980.
The top performers on the ADX General were Green Crs Ins (AD:GCIC) which rose 12.20% to 0.920, Methaq (AD:METH) which was up 3.53% to settle at 0.880 and Al Khazna Ins (AD:AKIC) which gained 3.33% to close at 0.310.
The worst performers were Int Fish Farmi (AD:ASMK) which was down 3.25% to 7.45 in late trade, Emirates Telec (AD:ETEL) which lost 2.99% to settle at 17.85 and Ad Commercial (AD:ADCB) which was down 2.84% to 6.50 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Dubai Stock Exchange by 10 to 10 and 6 ended unchanged; on the Abu Dhabi Stock Exchange, 17 fell and 6 advanced, while 2 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.36% or 0.13 to $35.57 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.50% or 0.19 to hit $37.50 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 1.23% or 15.00 to trade at $1234.30 a troy ounce.
USD/AED was up 0.00% to 3.6731, while EUR/AED fell 0.24% to 4.1732.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.17% at 94.75.