Abu Dhabi – Mubasher: The Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) opened Thursday’s opening session in the red zone, dragged down by the fall of energy and banks stocks.
The main index tumbled 0.40% or 18.43 points to reach 4,619.09 points by 8:55am UAE time.
The energy sector sank 1.73% after Dana Gas decreased 2.2%. The investment sector also lost 1.26% as Waha Capital levelled down 1.3%.
The banks sector decreased 0.42% as First Gulf Bank (FGB) and the National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD) slid 0.10% and 0.05%, respectively.
Turnover amounted to AED 18.18 million after trading 17.98 million shares through 238 transactions.
Eshraq Properties, which sank 1.12%, was the value leader after generating AED 13.9 million from the exchange of 12.4 million shares.
