UAE - Mubasher: The UAE stock markets have witnessed an upward performance by the end of Monday's trading session.
The benchmark index of the Dubai Financial Market (DFM) rose by 2.1% to close Monday's session at 2,552.6 points.
A total of 187.36 million shares were traded through 3,017 transactions valued at AED 211.79 million.
The market cap value increased by AED 5.83 billion to AED 356.49 billion from AED 350.66 billion during the previous session.
Amlak Finance led the rising stocks with 14.88%, while Depa topped the losing stocks with 9.69%.
As for the Abu Dhabi Stock Exchange (ADX), the main index increased by about 1.17% to settle at 5,824.13 points by the end of Monday's session.
Turnover amounted to AED 892.61 million after 132.14 million shares had been exchanged through 2,597 transactions.
The market cap value amounted to AED 830.79 billion, up by AED 11.79 billion compared to AED 819 billion during the previous session.
Gulf Pharmaceutical Industries (Julphar) topped the green zone with 14.4%, while Abu Dhabi National Insurance Co (ADNIC) headed the red zone with 6.36%.