ADX opens Wednesday in green

Abu Dhabi – Mubasher: The Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) opened Wednesday’s trading session in the green zone, spurred by the rise of banks and real estate sectors.

The general index added 0.21% or 9.48 points to reach 4,601 points by 10:50am UAE time.

The banks sector went up 0.41% due to an increase in Union National Bank (UNB) and First Gulf Bank (FGB) by 4.05% and 0.36%, respectively.

The real estate sector grew 0.28% due to an increase in Eshraq Properties by 1.75%.

The market saw trading of 17.5 million shares through 224 transactions, with a turnover of AED 31.84 million.

Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank was the value leader after generating AED 8.23 million from the exchange of 2.08 million shares.

Mubasher Contribution Time: 08-Mar-2017 07:27 (GMT)
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