Dubai – Mubasher: The benchmark index of the Dubai Financial Market (DFM) rose by 0.73% or 16.69 points to settle at 2,287.98 points at the end of Tuesday’s trading session, extending its upward trend for the second session in a row.
A total of 543.47 million shares were traded at a turnover of AED 355.79 million through 7,408 transactions.
The market cap value grew by AED 3.32 billion to AED 318.16 billion on Tuesday, compared to AED 314.84 billion in the previous session.
The banks sector topped the gainers with 1.35%, while the consumer staples sector headed the fallers after sliding by 4.57%.
Dubai Islamic Insurance and Reinsurance Co (Aman) led the rising the stocks and advanced by 14.91%, whereas DXB Entertainments headed the losing stocks with 4.93%.
Ithmaar Holding, also listed on Boursa Kuwait and Bahrain Bourse, registered the highest trading volume of 115.31 million shares, while Emirates NBD led DFM in terms of turnover with AED 69.44 million.
Meanwhile, the blue chips Arabtec Holding climbed by 3.02% and Emirates NBD rose by 1.85%, whereas Dubai Investments and Damac Properties retreated by 0.84% and 0.22%, respectively.
