Dubai – Mubasher: The benchmark of the Dubai Financial Market (DFM) has kept its upward performance for the second consecutive session after gaining 28.78 points or 1.54% to settle at 1,891.06 points by the end of Thursday's trading session.

The market cap value rose by around AED 2.74 billion to AED 278.25 billion from AED 275.51 billion during the previous session.

Around 485.67 million shares were traded through 6,158 transactions valued at AED 318.01 million.

The consumer staples segment hit the top of the gainers with 12.12%.

DXB Entertainments led 25 rising stocks with 13.04% and posted the highest trading volume of 97.35 million shares.

Al Salam Bank – Bahrain topped three losing stocks with 4.61%.

Emaar Malls recorded the highest turnover of AED 64.62 million.

As for the blue chips, Damac Properties headed the risers with 3.07%, while Arabtec Holding came on top of the decliners with 1.38%.