Dubai – Mubasher: The benchmark index of the Dubai Financial Market (DFM) went up by 0.41% or eight points to settle at 1,919.83 points by the end of Monday's trading session, keeping its upward performance for the second session in a row.

The market cap value rose by AED 1.16 billion to AED 281.82 billion, compared to AED 280.66 billion during the previous session.

Around 188.72 million shares were traded through 3,622 transactions at a total value of AED 181.79 million.

The banks sector led the winners with 1.37%, while the investment and financial services segment headed the decliners with 0.89%.

Emirates NBD came on top of eight rising stocks with 3.17%, while Dubai Financial Market (DFM) topped 12 losing stocks with 4.46%.

Union Properties posted the highest trading volume of 40.45 million shares, while Emirates NBD recorded the highest turnover of AED 42.24 million.

Damac Properties led the losing blue chips and closed down by 0.32%.