Dubai – Mubasher: The benchmark index of Dubai Financial Market (DFM) closed its Tuesday’s trading session at 2,767.46 points, down 0.14% or 3.85 points, unlike its upward performance on Monday, 3 February.
A total of 96.06 million shares were traded through 2,533 transactions at a value of AED 157.52 million.
The market cap value increased by AED 840 million to AED 381.19 billion from AED 380.35 billion during the previous session.
As for the sectors, the consumer staples, real estate, services, and banks declined by 1.51%, 1.16%, 0.67%, and 0.34%, respectively, while the investment and financial services rose by 1.08%.
Arabtec Holding led 19 decliners with 10%, while Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Co (du) came on top of eight gainers with 9.47%.
Meanwhile, GFH Financial Group recorded the highest trading volume of 12.08 million shares, while Emirates NBD, down 0.74%, posted the highest turnover of AED 27.62 million.
As for the losing blue chips, DXB Entertainments, Damac Properties, and Emaar Properties decreased by 1.60%, 0.14%, and 1.23%, respectively.
At the same time, Dubai Investments was the rising blue chip with 2.34%.
