Dubai – Mubasher: The benchmark index of the Dubai Financial Market (DFM) increased by 0.76% or 15.25 points to 1,999.71 points by the end of Wednesday's trading session, maintaining the upward performance on Tuesday, 2 June.

A total of 161.61 million shares were traded through 3,833 transactions at a total value of AED 209.70 million.

The market cap value amounted to AED 288.08 billion, up AED 1.15 billion from AED 286.93 billion during the previous session.

The investment and financial services sector led the gainers with 1.71%, while the consumer staples segment came on top of the losers with 0.69%.

Aramex headed 19 rising stocks with 3.77%, while Khaleeji Commercial Bank (KHCB) topped 10 losing stocks with 5%.

Union Properties posted the highest trading volume of 22.34 million shares, while Emaar Properties recorded the highest turnover of AED 54.21 million.

Dubai Investments led the rising blue chips with 1.68%, while DXB Entertainments hit the top of the losing blue chips with 0.75%.