Dubai – Mubasher: The benchmark index of the Dubai Financial Market (DFM) inched down by 0.60% or 12.70 points to stand at 2,086.51 points by the end of Thursday's trading session, maintaining its downward performance on Wednesday, 24 June.

The market cap value decreased by AED 1.67 billion to settle at AED 294.63 billion, compared to AED 296.30 billion during the previous session.

Around AED 280.24 million shares were traded through 3,507 transactions at a total value of AED 218.10 million.

The consumer staples segment came on top of the declining sectors with 4.44%.

DXB Entertainments led 19 losing stocks with 4.76%, while Ekttitab Holding topped eight rising stocks with 4.22%.

Union Properties posted the highest trading volume of 107.23 million shares, while Emaar Properties recorded the highest turnover of AED 44.33 million.

Damac Properties headed the losing blue chips with 2.43%, while Arabtec Holding hit the top of the rising blue chips with 0.32%.