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Abu Dhabi, Dubai Stocks Fall Ahead of Key Economic Data

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Stock trading in the United Arab Emirates ended lower on Tuesday as the FTSE ADX General Index declined 0.304%, while the DFM General Index was down 0.738%.

The local economic calendar will see the release of the UAE S&P Global Purchasing Managers' Index report for May on Wednesday. The data, which provides investors with insights into the country's non-oil private sector activity, fell to 52.1 in April from 52.9 in March.

On the geopolitical front, US President Donald Trump said that talks with Iran are continuing at a rapid pace, countering news that the latter is reportedly suspending indirect peace negotiations due to Israel's attacks in Lebanon. Trump also stated that both Hezbollah and Israel agreed to stop their attacks.

"Trump's intervention helped ease fears that the weekend's escalation in Lebanon would lead to a broader re-escalation between the US and Iran. Still, uncertainty over the possible US-Iran deal persists, with growing doubts that the Strait of Hormuz will reopen soon," Deutsche Bank Research said.

Back home, the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange and Jordan's Amman Stock Exchange launched their electronic link through the Tabadul platform to enable cross-market trading through brokerage firms and offer expanded investment opportunities for investors in both countries.

On the corporate front, stocks of Agility Global (ADX:AGILITY) closed the session 0.64% in the green as it purchased an industrial plot of land in Saudi Arabia for 700 million Saudi riyals.

Dubai-listed Emirates Central Cooling Systems (DFM:EMPOWER), d/b/a Empower, opened a command control center at its new headquarters in Dubai to manage operations and detect malfunctions across its plants and networks in the city. Its shares closed the session flat.

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