Dubai – Mubasher: The benchmark index of the Dubai Financial Market (DFM) rose by 1.22% or 25.30 points to close Monday's trading session at 2,087.38 points, maintaining its upward performance on Sunday, 5 June.

The market cap value increased by AED 2.66 billion to AED 295.56 billion, compared to AED 292.90 billion during the previous session.

Around 241.34 million shares had been traded through 3,228 transactions at a total value of AED 232.83 million.

The real estate sector headed the risers with 2.48%, while the services segment came on top of the decliners with 1.33%.

Arabtec Holding led 20 rising stocks with 14.91%, while Dubai Refreshments topped 11 losing stocks with 4.65%.

Union Properties was the most active stock with 74.37 million shares, while Aramex posted the highest turnover of AED 37.20 million.

Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB) topped the rising blue chips with 1.30%, while Damac Properties led the losing blue chips with 0.92%.