Dubai: The value of stocks bought by foreign investors during this month reached Dh6.2 billion comprising 49 per cent of the total traded value.

The value of stocks sold by foreign investors during the same period reached Dh6.5 billion comprising 51.6 per cent of the total value traded, the Dubai Financial Market said in a statement. Accordingly, DFM net foreign investment outflow reached Dh321.3 million.

The Dubai Financial Market General Index decreased by 11.6 per cent to 3662.6 points at the end of August compared to 4143.2 points at the end of July.