Dubai – Mubasher: The Dubai Financial Market (DFM) closed Tuesday’s trading session with negative performance, pressured by the fall of blue-chip stocks.
The DFM’s general index declined 0.73%, or 19.12 points, to finish the mid-week session at 2,615.17 points.
Turnover increased to AED 191.67 million on Tuesday, compared to AED 178.15 million on Monday, while the trading volume reached 193.30 million shares, against 145.51 million shares in the prior session.
By the end of the session, the bourse’s market capitalisation decreased by AED 1.6 billion, recording AED 348.09 billion.
The real estate sector topped decliners after falling 1.6% as Emaar Properties and Emaar Malls went down 2.09% and 1.7%, respectively.
Similarly, the investment sector levelled down 1.06% on the back of Dubai Investments’s 1.43% drop, while the services sector retreated 0.88% as Amanat Holdings plunged 1.03%.
The banks sector inched down 0.39% due to Dubai Islamic Bank’s (DIB) 0.83% fall.
