Dubai – Mubasher: The benchmark index of the Dubai Financial Market (DFM) went down by 0.49% or 11.20 points to end Thursday's trading session at 2,235.58 points, unlike its upward performance on Wednesday, 19 August.
A total of 336.44 million shares were traded through 4,990 transactions valued at AED 313.38 million.
The market cap value decreased by around AED 1.01 billion to AED 311.75 billion, compared to AED 312.76 billion during the previous session.
The services sector led the decliners with 1.2%, while the investment and financial services segment came on top of the risers with 2.38%.
Meanwhile, the consumer staples segment remained unchanged.
Arabtec Holding headed the red zone with 4.94%, while Ajman Bank topped the green zone with 4.41%.
Union Properties posted the highest trading volume of 109.18 million shares, while Emirates NBD recorded the highest turnover of AED 53.14 million.
Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB) topped the losing blue chips with 1.22%, while Dubai Investments led the rising blue chips with 2.54%.
