DFM stocks end 1.40 per cent lower

Abu Dhabi: Dubai Financial Market-listed (DFM) stocks ended 1.40 per cent lower on Tuesday with the DFM Index closing at 1,803.31.

The Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange general index, however, rose marginally - 0.61 per cent - to 2,744.47.

In Dubai, about 259.86 million shares cumulatively worth around Dh522.05 million were transacted. On the Abu Dhabi bourse, the volume of trade was however, lower. As much as 42.62 million shares worth around Dh96.66 million changed hands on the ADX.

In Dubai, real estate major Emaar's stock fell 2.05 per cent to Dh3.82 on profit-taking by investors.

Shares of real estate developer Sorouh Real Estate were the most traded by value and volume on the Abu Dhabi bourse on Tuesday.

Sorouh's shares worth Dh25.63 million were traded on the ADX, its stock ending unchanged at Dh2.62.