Dubai – Mubasher: The benchmark index of Dubai Financial Market (DFM) retreated by 0.62% or 17.17 points to 2,752.41 points during Sunday’s trading session, maintaining its downward performance on Thursday, 6 February.
A total of 150.68 million shares were traded through 2,044 transactions at a total value of AED 110.74 million.
The market cap value declined by AED 1.64 billion to AED 379.52 billion from AED 381.16 billion in the previous session.
Regarding the sectors, the real estate, banks, investment and financial services, and services fell by 1.01%, 0.43%, 0.36%, and 0.25%, respectively, while the consumer staples segment rose by 4.71%.
Meanwhile, Arabtec Holding topped 20 decliners with 9.20%, while Ekttitab Holding led eight risers with 8.81%.
DXB Entertainments, up 5%, recorded the highest trading volume of 52.06 million shares, while GFH Financial Group posted the highest turnover of AED 34.08 million.
As for the losing blue chips, Dubai Investments, Emaar Properties, Damac Properties, and Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB) decreased by 0.77%, 0.75%, 0.29%, and 0.88%, respectively.
