Dubai – Mubasher: Selective buying on blue-chip stocks has pushed up the Dubai Financial Market (DFM) at the end of Thursday’s trading session.
The DFM’s general index added 3.42 points, or 0.13%, to finish the last session of the week at 2,626.06 points.
The consumer goods sector led the gainers with a 2.2% increase, backed by DXB Entertainments that went up 2.63% to AED 0.195.
The telecommunication sector levelled up by 0.98% as its sole stock du rose by the same percentage.
The services sector added 0.57% when Amanat grew 0.95% to AED 0.959.
Similarly, the transportation and banks sectors edged up 0.40% and 0.2%, respectively.
On the other hand, the investment sector topped the losers and fell by 1.3% as Dubai Investments shed 4.62% to AED 0.165.
Trading volume amounted to nearly 75.32 million shares exchanged through 1,963 transactions at a turnover of AED 141.44 million.
Emaar Properties was the most heavily traded stock with a turnover of AED 32.99 million exchanged through 356 transactions.
