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Abu Dhabi on August 24 /
The local stock markets consolidated their gains at the close of trading today, and their market capitalization gained more than 8.5 billion dirhams, supported by foreign purchases targeting the leading stocks in the “financial” sector.
The market capital of listed shares rose from 3.536 trillion dirhams yesterday to 3.545 trillion dirhams by the end of today’s session, distributed by 2.852 trillion dirhams for shares listed on the Abu Dhabi Stock Exchange and 693.3 billion dirhams for shares listed on the Dubai Financial Market.
The liquidity of local shares approached the barrier of 1.5 billion dirhams, distributed by 1.04 billion dirhams in the Abu Dhabi market and 422.6 million dirhams in the Dubai market, and about 405.1 million shares were traded through the implementation of more than 22.4 thousand deals.
The FTSE Abu Dhabi General Market Index, “Fadji”, increased by 0.43%, or the equivalent of 42.32 points, to close at 9771.42 points, while the Abu Dhabi Market Index, “Fadx 15”, rose by 0.48%, or the equivalent of 45.18 points, to close at 9462.63 points, while the Dubai General Market Index gained. It increased by 0.17%, equivalent to 7.2 points, to settle at 4106.69 points, continuing to soar towards its highest level in more than 8 years.
The performance of the Abu Dhabi market was enhanced by an increase in shares such as “First Abu Dhabi” by 2.21%, “Abu Dhabi Ports” by 1.43%, “Abu Dhabi Commercial” by 0.7%, and International Holding “by 0.05%, “A&” by 0.6%, “Americana” by 0.47%, and “ADNOC for drilling, by 0.24%, while companies such as ADNOC Distribution, Taqa and Yahsat remained unchanged.
And “Al-Alamiya Holding” acquired the largest share of trading with a liquidity of 203.5 million dirhams and closed at 400.7 dirhams, followed by “Multiplay” that attracted about 124.3 million dirhams and closed at 3.87 dirhams, then “Alpha Abu Dhabi” and “Q Holding” with a liquidity of 124.3 million dirhams and 97.9 million dirhams. million dirhams, respectively.
In the Dubai Financial Market, “Dubai Islamic” rose by 0.89%, “Aramex” by 0.39%, “Salik” by 0.6%, “Empower” by 1.6%, and “Du” by 0.56%. “Ajman Bank” topped the activity in terms of trading values, attracting about 99.1 million dirhams, followed by “Emaar Properties” with 75.5 million dirhams, then “Emirates National Dubai” with about 46.8 million dirhams.
