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DFM Performance - February 2015 |
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The Dubai Financial Market General Index increased by 5.2% to 3864.7 points at the end of February compared to 3674.4 points at the end of January. The Financial & Investment services index decreased the most by 10.1% and the Real Estate and Construction index up 7.7%, and the Insurance index increased by 4.6%. In contrast, the Industrial index down by 16.9%, and Transportation index down 0.4% The market capitalization increased at the end of this month by 6.4% to reach AED 349.3 billion compared to AED 328.3 billion at the end of January. The value of shares traded reached during this month AED 13.3 billion, compared to AED 15.3 billion recorded during January, down by 12.6%. The number of shares traded decreased by 7.7% to reach 8.2 billion shares during this month compared to 8.9 billion shares traded during January. The number of transactions executed during February down by 17.8% to reach 130.9 thousands compared to 159.2 thousand deals carried out during the previous month. As for the sectors' contribution to trading volumes, the Real Estate and Construction sector ranked first in terms of the traded value, to reach AED 8.2 billion, or 61.6% of the total traded value in the market. Banking sector ranked second at AED 2.2 billion or 16.3%, followed by The Financial & Investment services sector with AED 1.7 billion or 12.4%. The Transportation sector with AED 587.5 million or 4.4%, the Consumer and Discretionary sector with AED 371.7 million or 2.8%, the Services sector with AED 133.7 million or 1.0%, the Insurance sector with AED 87.8 million or 0.7%, and the Telecommunication sector with AED 80.7 million or 0.6%, and the Industrial sector with AED 40.5 or 0.3%. The value of stocks bought by foreign investors during this month reached AED 6.7 billion comprising 50.3% of the total traded value. The value of stocks sold by foreign investors during the same period reached AED 6.6 billion comprising 49.7% of the total value traded. Accordingly, DFM net foreign investment in-flow reached AED 69.6 million. On the other hand, the value of stocks bought by institutional investors during this month reached AED 4 billion comprising 30.1% of the total traded value. The value of stocks sold by institutional investors during the same period reached AED 3.8 billion which constitutes 28.5% of the total value traded. DFM net institutional investment in-flow amounted AED 209.6 million. |
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