United Arab Emirates stocks were mixed after the close on Monday, as gains in the Transport, Insurance and Services sectors led shares higher while losses in the Finance&Investment, Consumer Staples and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Dubai, the DFM General lost 0.56%, while the ADX General index climbed 0.26%.
The best performers of the session on the DFM General were ARAMEX PJSC (DU:ARMX), which rose 2.75% or 0.110 points to trade at 4.110 at the close. Meanwhile, Islamic Arab Insurance Company (DU:SALAMA) added 2.50% or 0.015 points to end at 0.615 and SHUAA Capital PSC (DU:SHUA) was up 1.90% or 0.020 points to 1.070 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Dubai Investments PJSC (DU:DINV), which fell 2.72% or 0.050 points to trade at 1.790 at the close. Arabtec Holding PJSC (DU:ARTC) declined 2.67% or 0.050 points to end at 1.820 and Takaful House (DU:DTKF) was down 2.28% or 0.014 points to 0.601.
The top performers on the ADX General were Agthia Group (AD:AGTH) which rose 11.51% to 4.07, Rak Cement Co (AD:RKCC) which was up 6.15% to settle at 0.725 and Eshraq Properties Co PJSC (AD:ESHR) which gained 1.94% to close at 0.5780.
The worst performers were Commercial Bank International (AD:CBI) which was down 9.52% to 0.570 in late trade, Gulf Cement Co (AD:GCEM) which lost 3.95% to settle at 0.9000 and Ad Commercial (AD:ADCB) which was down 1.98% to 7.91 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Dubai Stock Exchange by 22 to 10 and 4 ended unchanged; on the Abu Dhabi, 10 fell and 10 advanced, while 4 ended unchanged.
Shares in Dubai Investments PJSC (DU:DINV) fell to 52-week lows; falling 2.72% or 0.050 to 1.790. Shares in Takaful House (DU:DTKF) fell to 52-week lows; down 2.28% or 0.014 to 0.601. Shares in Commercial Bank International (AD:CBI) fell to all time lows; down 9.52% or 0.060 to 0.570.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 1.24% or 0.92 to $73.42 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 1.46% or 1.23 to hit $82.93 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.69% or 8.30 to trade at $1197.30 a troy ounce.
USD/AED was up 0.01% to 3.6732, while EUR/AED fell 0.46% to 4.2129.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.36% at 95.65.
