Dubai – Mubasher: The Dubai Financial Market (DFM) closed Sunday’s trading session with negative performance, pressured by the fall of real estate stocks.
The DFM’s general index inched down 0.09%, or 2.25 points, to finish the first session of the week at 2,787.64 points.
Turnover amounted to AED 182.44 million after 109.159 million shares exchanged hands through 2,247 transactions.
By the end of the session, the DFM’s market capitalisation plunged AED 317 million, recording AED 363.239 billion.
The real estate sector topped the bourse’s losers after falling 1.54% as Emaar Development and Emaar Malls went down 2.82% and 4.02%, respectively.
Meanwhile, the banks sector headed the gainers with 0.84% as Ithmar and the heavyweight Emirates NBD grew 1.10% and 1.7%, respectively.
