UAE - Mubasher: The UAE stock markets have maintained upward performance by the end of Wednesday's trading session.
The benchmark index of the Dubai Financial Market (DFM) levelled up by around 0.78% or 17.67 points to settled at 2,283.02 points by the end of Wednesday's trading session.
Around 275.56 million shares were exchanged through 4,802 transactions valued at AED 378.81 million.
The market cap value rose by AED 2.3 billion to AED 321.62 billion, compared to AED 319.32 billion during the previous session.
Dubai Islamic Insurance and Reinsurance Co (Aman) headed the green zone with 6.24%, while Gulf Navigation Holding topped the red zone with 4.88%.
Emaar Malls topped the rising blue chips with 2.39%.
As for the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX), the main index increased by around 1.34% to close Wednesday at 4,832.25 points.
Turnover amounted to AED 609.99 million after 122.14 million shares had been traded through 3,837 transactions.
The market cap value retreated by AED 3.51 billion to AED 718.52 billion from AED 722.03 billion during the previous session.
Arkan Building Materials came on top of the rising stocks with 3.5%, while Abu Dhabi National Energy (TAQA) led the red zone with 4.9%.