Dubai – Mubasher: The benchmark index of the Dubai Financial Market (DFM) ended Sunday's trading session in the red zone after losing 0.34% or 7.80 points to stand at 2,261.47 points, maintaining its negative performance on Thursday, 27 August.
A total of 287.42 million shares were exchanged through 3,187 transactions valued at AED 261.63 million.
The market cap value declined by AED 1.66 billion to AED 314.70 billion, compared to AED 316.36 billion during the previous session.
The banks sector led the decliners with 0.5%, while the real estate segment came on top of the losers with 0.04%.
Al Salam Bank - Sudan headed the red zone with 5%, while Islamic Arab Insurance Co (Salama) topped the green zone with 5.58%.
Union Properties posted the highest trading volume of 177.33 million shares, while Emirates NBD recorded the highest turnover of AED 83.62 million.
Arabtec Holding came on top of the losing blue chips with 4.90%, while Dubai Investments led the rising blue chips with 0.83%.