Dubai – Mubasher: The benchmark index of the Dubai Financial Market (DFM) went up by 0.19% or 3.98 points to close Tuesday's trading session at 2,065.30 points, keeping its upward performance for the third session in a row.

A total of 391.48 million shares were traded through 5,826 transactions valued at AED 420.10 million.

The consumer staples sector led the winners with 6.14%, while the banks segment came on top of the decliners with 0.32%.

Arabtec Holding headed the green zone with 14.65%, while Al Salam Group Holding topped the red zone with 3.04%.

Arabtec Holding was the most active stock with 67.60 million shares traded at a total value of AED 85.50 million.

DXB Entertainments led the rising blue chips with 6.67%, while Emirates NBD topped the losing blue chips with 1.44%.