Dubai – Mubasher: The benchmark index of the Dubai Financial Market (DFM) declined by 0.71% or 16.18 points to settle at 2,245.29 points by the end of Monday's trading session, maintaining its negative performance on Sunday, 30 August.
A total of 449.58 million shares were traded through 7,972 transactions valued at AED 1.38 billion.
The market cap value decreased by AED 1.79 billion to AED 312.91 billion, compared to AED 314.70 billion during the previous session.
The banks segment led the losers with 1.19%, while the investment and financial services sector came on top of the winners with 0.75%.
Dar Al Takaful headed the red zone with 4.89%, while Arabtec Holding topped the green zone with 14.94%.
Union Properties was the most active stock with 105.77 million shares, while Emirates NBD posted the highest turnover of AED 1.10 billion.
Emaar Properties led the losing blue chips with 1.7%, while Damac Properties topped the rising blue chips with 5.26%.
