Dubai – Mubasher: The benchmark index of the Dubai Financial Market (DFM) increased by 1.50% or 29.41 points to stand at 1,986.09 points by the end of Monday's trading session, maintaining its positive performance on Sunday 26 April.

The market cap value reached AED 286.89 billion, up by AED 3.33 billion compared to AED 283.56 billion during the previous session.

Around 395.94 million shares were traded through 6,904 transactions worth AED 362.46 million.

The banks index hit the top chart of the rising sectors with 2.04%, followed by investment and financial services with 1.54%.

Mashreq Bank led 19 rising stocks with 14.20%, while Dubai Refreshments topped 11 losing stocks with 4.97%.

GFH Financial Group was the most active stock with 88.80 million traded shares, while Emaar Properties, up 1.92%, posted the highest turnover of AED 72.84 million.

DXB Entertainments headed the losing blue chips with 0.63%.