Dubai - Mubasher: The benchmark index of the Dubai Financial Market (DFM) maintained its positive performance after gaining 0.47% or 10.72 points to end Tuesday's trading session at 2,293.10 points.

A total of 341.59 million shares were traded through 5,286 transactions valued at AED 299.77 million.

The market cap value rose by AED 1.49 billion to AED 318.78 billion, compared to AED 317.29 billion during the previous session.

The consumer staples sector led the risers with 1.41%, followed by the real estate segment with 0.98%.

 Ithmaar Holding came on top of the green zone with 14.57%, while Dar Al Takaful headed the red zone with 4.95%.

Aan Digital Services Co posted the highest trading volume of 71.98 million shares, while Emaar Properties recorded the highest turnover of AED 48.81 million.

DXB Entertainments topped the rising blue chips with 1.52%, while Damac Properties led the losing blue chips with 2.38%.