Dubai – Mubasher: The Dubai Financial Market (DFM) closed Monday’s trading session in the green territory, pushed up by selective buying deals on the banking and real estate stocks amid investor anticipation to cash dividends for the full-year 2018.
The DFM’s general index inched up 0.53%, or 13.75 points, to finish the session at 2,591.89 points.
Turnover amounted to AED 128.43 million after 71.09 million shares exchanged hands through 1,916 transactions.
The bourse’s capitalisation increased by AED 1.9 billion.
By the end of the session, the real estate sector topped risers with 1.15% as Emaar Malls and Arabtec levelled up 4.2% and 1.4%, respectively.
Similarly, the consumer staples and telecommunication sectors went up 1.06% and 0.80%, respectively, followed by the investment sector with 0.63%.
On the negative side, the services sector headed the losers after falling 1.95%, followed by the goods and insurance sectors with 0.26% and 0.08%, respectively.
