Abu Dhabi - Mubasher: The Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) extended its gains for the second day in row, triggered by the performance of both the banking and the real estate sectors.
The general index went up by 0.38% or 16.94 points to 4,526.56 points.
The market witnessed 30.96 million shares changing hands worth AED 116.72 million.
At the sectorial level, the banking sector added 1.05% on the gains of the stocks of Abu Dhabi Commercial bank (ADCB), First Gulf bank (FGB) and National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD) by 2.87%, 1.70% and 0.22%, respectively.
The real estate sector went up by 0.13% on the back of Eshraq properties as it rose 1.41%.
On the negative front, both the telecom and energy sectors shed 0.5% and 0.4% respectively.
