DFM down on Thursday's close; market cap nears AED 351.6bn

Dubai – Mubasher: The Dubai Financial Market (DFM) ended Thursday’s trading session in the red zone, maintaining its negative performance for the second day in a row.

The benchmark index fell by 0.76% or 18.86 points to close at 2,460.54 points.

A total of 169.06 million shares were traded through 2,852 transactions at a total value of AED 222.61 million.

The market cap value reached AED 351.56 billion, down from AED 353.33 billion during the previous session.

Meanwhile, the banks' sector topped the decliners with 0.7%, while the investment and financial services sector led the gainers with 1.06%.

Khaleeji Commercial Bank (KHCB) came on top of 25 losing stocks and dropped by 9.93%, while Dubai Commercial Bank (DCB) headed nine rising stocks with 13.78%.

Emaar Malls posted the highest trading volume with 20.29 million shares, while Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB) registered the biggest turnover of AED 39.16 million.

DXB Entertainments led the losing blue chips and gained 4.71%, while Dubai Investments was the biggest rising blue chips and added 1.65%.

 

Mubasher Contribution Time: 05-Mar-2020 11:02 (GMT)
Mubasher Last Update Time: 05-Mar-2020 11:28 (GMT)