Abu Dhabi – Mubasher: The main index of Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) closed Monday’s trading session at 5,076.67 points, down by 0.77% or 39.25 points, maintaining its downward performance on Sunday, 2 February.
A total of 26.27 million shares were exchanged through 2,042 transactions at a value of AED 131.09 million.
The market cap value declined by around AED 3.26 billion to AED 530.28 billion from AED 533.54 billion during the previous session.
Regarding the sectors, the banks and telecommunications retreated by 1.20% and 0.37%, respectively, while the energy segment rose by 0.36%, and the real estate sector remained unchanged.
Meanwhile, International Holdings Company led the decliners with 3.11%, while National Marine Dredging Company came on top of the gainers with 15%.
First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB), down 1.7%, recorded the highest turnover of AED 55.74 million, while Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA) posted the highest trading volume of 5.14 million traded shares.
As for the losing blue chips, Dana Gas, Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB), and Emirates Telecommunication Group (Etisalat) declined by 1.54%, 0.54%, and 0.37%, respectively, while Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank (ADCB) was the rising blue chip with 0.53%.
