Dubai – Mubasher: The Dubai Financial Market (DFM) has carried on the downward trend on Thursday, with the general index slipping 4.14 points, or 0.15%, to 2,798.21 points.
Trading volume amounted to 77.87 million shares that were exchanged through 2,020 transactions at a turnover of AED 164.98 million.
Market capitalisation shed AED 235 million and closed the trading session at AED 366.976 billion.
Blue-chip stocks listed on the DFM closed the session on a positive note, including DXB Entertainments and Arabtec that went up by 2.93% to AED 0.21 and 1.75% to AED 1.74, respectively.
Meanwhile, Emaar Properties’ stock was the sole rise, adding 1.69% to AED 4.66.
The consumer staples sector rose by 2.46%, the services sector added 0.49%, the investment and financial services sector levelled up 0.44%, and the banks sector inched up 0.08%.
On the other hand, the real estate sector fell by 0.89%.
GFH, listed on the DFM, Bahrain Bourse, and Boursa Kuwait, was the most active stock by volume after seeing the trade of 15.09 million shares, while Emaar Properties was the most active stock by value with a turnover of AED 57.70 million.
