Dubai – Mubasher: The benchmark index of Dubai Financial Market (DFM) closed Thursday’s trading session at 2,790.42 points, down by 0.54% or 15.11 points, compared to its level on Wednesday, 29 January.
A total of 308.20 million shares were traded through 1,981 transactions at a value of AED 437.22 million.
The market cap value declined by around AED 1.32 billion to AED 382.51 billion from AED 383.83 billion in the previous session.
Regarding the sectors, the investment and financial services fell by 1.31%, followed by the services with 1.04%, the banks with 0.57%, and the real estate with 0.23%, while the consumer staples segment rose by 2.56%.
Meanwhile, Al Salam Bank – Sudan topped 19 decliners with 6.67%, while Aan Digital Services Co led 10 winners with 8.62%.
Air Arabia was the most active stock with 205.28 million shares traded at a value of AED 312.06 million.
Arabtec Holding, Dubai Investments, Emaar Properties, and Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB) were the losing blue chips with 1.94%, 0.76%, 0.25%, and 1.21%, respectively.
As for the rising blue chips, DXB Entertainments and Damac Properties increased by 2.72% and 0.29%, respectively.
