Dubai – Mubasher: The Dubai Financial Market (DFM) closed Sunday’s trading session in green territory on the back of rising blue-chip stocks.

The DFM’s general index rose 19.20 points, or 0.71%, finishing the session at 2,704.78 points.

Trading volume amounted to 209.627 million shares exchanged at a turnover of AED 146.326 million through 2,046 transactions.

The bourse’s market capitalisation closed the session at AED 355.812 billion.

The consumer goods sector topped winners with 3.41%, followed by the investment and financial services sector that added 1.95%.

Similarly, the real estate and the banks sectors levelled up 0.93% and 0.41%, respectively.

Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB) outperformed blue-chip stocks in terms of liquidity with a turnover of AED 28.252 million despite falling by 0.39% to AED 5.10.

Meanwhile, Union Properties was the most heavily traded stock with a traded volume of 24.496 million shares.