Dubai – Mubasher: The Dubai Financial Market (DFM) opened Sunday’s trading session in the green.
The general index rose 1.3% or 43.7 points by 10:20am UAE time.
The real estate sector topped gainers with a 2.53% rise as Union Properties (UP), Emaar Properties and Emaar Malls Group (EMG) went up 4%, 3.1% and 2% respectively.
The telecom sector grew 1.57% as du and Hits Telecom Holding increased 1.57% and 0.37% respectively.
The banks sector levelled up 0.26% after Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB) and GFH Holding advanced 2.3% and 2.8% respectively.
On the flipside, the consumer staples and insurance sectors fell 2.66% and 0.14% respectively.
The market saw trading of 197.81 million shares through 2,102 transactions, with a turnover of AED 300 million.
UP was the most active stock after generating AED 59 million from the exchange of 44.81 million shares.
