Investing.com – United Arab Emirates stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Finance & Investment, Consumer Staples and Transport sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Dubai, the DFM General lost 0.98% to hit a new 1-month low, while the ADX General index declined 0.51%.
The best performers of the session on the DFM General were Emirates NBD PJSC (DU:ENBD), which rose 1.93% or 0.170 points to trade at 8.960 at the close. Meanwhile, Amanat Holdings PJSC (DU:AMANT) added 1.71% or 0.013 points to end at 0.774 and Emaar Malls Group (DU:EMAA) was up 0.98% or 0.03 points to 3.08 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were SHUAA Capital PSC (DU:SHUA), which fell 6.72% or 0.036 points to trade at 0.500 at the close. Gulf General Investments Company (DU:GGIC) declined 4.86% or 0.035 points to end at 0.685 and Arabtec Holding PJSC (DU:ARTC) was down 4.05% or 0.070 points to 1.660.
The top performers on the ADX General were Arkan Bld Mt C (AD:ARKN) which rose 8.14% to 0.93, Green Crs Ins (AD:GCIC) which was up 3.45% to settle at 0.580 and Aldar Properti (AD:ALDR) which gained 1.78% to close at 2.29.
The worst performers were Methaq (AD:METH) which was down 9.20% to 0.790 in late trade, Bank Of Sharja (AD:BOS) which lost 5.99% to settle at 1.57 and Natl Co Bldg M (AD:BILD) which was down 5.56% to 0.510 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Dubai Stock Exchange by 18 to 7 and 3 ended unchanged; on the Abu Dhabi Stock Exchange, 16 fell and 9 advanced, while 2 ended unchanged.
Shares in Arabtec Holding PJSC (DU:ARTC) fell to 52-week lows; falling 4.05% or 0.070 to 1.660.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 1.59% or 0.70 to $43.28 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.80% or 0.38 to hit $47.16 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.03% or 0.40 to trade at $1165.80 a troy ounce.
USD/AED was down 0.00% to 3.6730, while EUR/AED fell 0.05% to 4.0608.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.06% at 96.85.