DFM closes Thursday’s session in red zone

DFM closes Thursday’s session in red zone

Dubai - Mubasher: The benchmark index of the Dubai Financial Market (DFM) declined by 1.45% or 33.21 points to close Thursday's trading session at 2,252.25 points.





A total of 304.82 million shares were traded through 4,565 transactions value at AED 252.79 million.





The market cap value decreased by AED 3.12 billion to AED 314.6 billion, compared to AED 317.72 billion during the previous session.





The real estate sector led the losers with 2.49%, followed by the investment and financial services segment with 1.6%.





Dar Al Takaful came on top of the red zone with 5%, while Ithmaar Holding headed the green zone with 9.5%.





 Ithmaar Holding posted the highest trading volume of 53.47 million shares, while Emaar Properties, down 2.4%, recorded the highest turnover of AED 55.75 million.