Dubai – Mubasher: The Dubai Financial Market (DFM) closed Monday’s trading session in negative territory, pressured by the fall of the banks and investment sectors.
The general index fell 18.37 points, or 0.74%, to end the session at 2,460.34 points.
The DFM’s trading volume stood at 102.79 million shares on Monday compared to 112.01 million shares on Sunday, while liquidity increased to AED 119.08 million against AED 89.39 million in the previous session.
The banks sector topped the losers falling 2.60% as the heavyweight Emirates NBD and Khaleej Commercial Bank (KHCB) went down 5.61% and 4.76%, respectively.
Meanwhile, the real estate sector headed the bourse’s gainers adding 0.76% as Emaar Development and Union Properties (UPP) rose 8.22% and 5.30%, respectively.
