Dubai – Mubasher: The benchmark index of Dubai Financial Market (DFM) went up by 0.47% or 12.96 points to 2,765.37 points by the end of Monday’s trading session, unlike its downward performance on Sunday, 9 February.
A total of 122.53 million shares were traded through 2,390 transactions at a value of AED 190.28 million.
The market cap value increased by AED 610 million to AED 380.13 billion from AED 379.52 billion in the previous session.
Meanwhile, the real estate sector inched up by 0.86%, followed by the investment and financial services with 0.53% and the banks with 0.14%, while the consumer staples and services segments retreated by 3% and 0.53%, respectively.
Ithmaar Holding topped 16 winners with 7.96%, while Takaful Emarat led 14 decliners with 5.51%.
At the same time, Air Arabia recorded the highest trading volume of 31.75 million shares traded at a value of AED 50.32 million.
Dubai Investments, Emaar Properties, and Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB) were the rising blue chips with 2.33%, 1.26%, and 1.07%, respectively.
As for the losing blue chips, DXB Entertainments, Arabtec Holding, Damac Properties, and Emirates NBD fell by 3.17%, 1.90%, 1.32%, and 0.75%, respectively.
