Local stock gains exceed 4 billion dirhams at the close of trading

Abu Dhabi, January 12: The local stock markets consolidated their gains at the close of trading today, and their market capitalization amounted to more than 4 billion dirhams.
The market capital of listed shares rose from 3.198 trillion dirhams at the end of yesterday’s session to 3.202 trillion dirhams at the end of today’s session, distributed by 2.625 trillion dirhams for shares listed on the Abu Dhabi Stock Exchange and 576.9 billion dirhams for shares listed on the Dubai Financial Market.
Local stocks attracted more than 1.67 billion dirhams of liquidity, distributed by 1.46 billion dirhams in the Abu Dhabi market and 209.6 million dirhams in the Dubai market, and about 305.3 million shares were traded through the implementation of more than 24 thousand transactions.
The Abu Dhabi Market Index, “Vadex 15”, increased by 0.13% to close at 10089.65 points, while the FTSE Abu Dhabi General Market Index “Fadji” increased by 0.11% to close at 10152.99 points, while the Dubai General Market Index increased by 0.47%, or the equivalent of 15.7 points, to close at 3313.41 points.
Supporting the rise of the Abu Dhabi market, “ADNOC Drilling” rose 5.17%, “Americana” 3.03%, “Borouge” 2.26%, “A&” 1.74%, “Abu Dhabi Ports” 1.31%, “Abu Dhabi Islamic” 1.31%, and “Multiplay” 1.06% and “Alfa Abu Dhabi” 0.39%.
“Al-Alamiya Holding” topped the activity, attracting liquidity of about 236.06 million dirhams, followed by “Al-Afa Abu Dhabi” attracting about 174.3 million dirhams, then “First Abu Dhabi” with a liquidity that exceeded 147 million dirhams.
In the Dubai Financial Market, “Emaar Properties” rose 1.74%, “Dubai Islamic” 0.18%, “Emirates NBD” 0.39%, “Emaar Development” 0.45%, “Air Arabia” 0.92%, “Aramex” 0.87%, and “Dubai for Investment by 0.46%, Salik by 3.1%, Empower by 0.72% and Tabreed by 1.35%.
“Dubai Islamic” was the most active, attracting liquidity of 49.5 million dirhams, then “Emaar Properties”, attracting liquidity of 46.2 million dirhams, followed by “Emirates National Dubai” with 32.01 million dirhams.