Dubai – Mubasher: The benchmark index of Dubai Financial Market (DFM) closed Monday’s trading session at 2,696.23 points, down by 0.79% or around 21.57 points, maintaining its downward performance on Sunday, 23 February.
A total of 154.17 million shares were traded through 2,540 transactions at a value of AED 274.29 million.
The market cap value retreated by around AED 1.17 billion to AED 373.92 billion from AED 375.09 during the previous session.
As for the sectors, the consumer staples topped the decliners with 2.03%, while the banks segment came on top of the risers with 0.51%.
Meanwhile, Al Salam Bank – Sudan led 28 losers with 6.99%, while Emirates NBD headed the winners with 1.98%.
Union Properties posted the highest trading volume of 21.38 million shares, while Emirates NBD hit the highest turnover of AED 65.60 million.
Arabtec Holding hit the top of the losing blue chips with 4.66%.
