Dubai – Mubasher: The benchmark index of Dubai Financial Market (DFM) closed Sunday’s trading session at 2,766.39 points, down 0.86% or 24.03 points, maintaining its downward performance on Thursday, 30 January.
A total of 85.67 million shares were traded through 1,289 transactions at a value of AED 130.37 million.
The market cap value decreased by around AED 2.21 billion to AED 380.30 billion from AED 382.51 billion in the previous session.
Regarding the sectors, the consumer staples, real estate, investment and financial services, and banks declined by 2%, 0.73%, 0.70%, and 1.07%, respectively, while the services segment increased by 1.05%.
Meanwhile, Ithmaar Holding topped the decliners with 4.02%, while Khaleeji Commercial Bank led the gainers with 5.19%.
Aan Digital Services Co posted the highest trading volume of 12.37 million traded shares, while Emirates NBD, down 1.45%, recorded the highest turnover of AED 18.67 million.
As for the losing blue chips, DXB Entertainments, Arabtec Holding, Damac Properties, Emaar Properties, Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB), and Dubai Investments retreated by 2.12%, 1.39%, 1.15%, 0.99%, 0.88%, and 0.76%, respectively.
