Dubai – Mubasher: The Dubai Financial Market (DFM) saw a positive performance in Wednesday’s early trades, backed by the rise of banks and consumer staples stocks.
The main index went up 0.02% or 0.28 points to reach 3,391.03 points by 10:40am UAE time.
The banks sector was the best performer with a 0.01% rise, backed by Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB) which advanced 1.5%. The consumer staples sector grew 0.63% after DXB Entertainments gained 0.63%.
The investment sector fell 0.45% as DFM Company slid 0.8%.
The market saw trading of 52.85 million shares through 759 transactions, with a turnover of AED 64.79 million.