Dubai Financial Market's market capitalisation increased at the end of 2014 by 24.3% to Dh 322.6 billion

Dubai, 16 January 2015 (WAM): The Dubai Financial Market (DFM) General Index increased by 12% to 3774 points at the end of this year compared to 3369.8 points at the end of 2013. At the sectoral level, indexes of three out of the nine sectors represented on DFM ended the year in the green, with the Banking sector increasing the most by 32.3%, followed by the Real Estate and Construction sector by 17.6% and Industrial sector by 17.5%. The Services, Insurance, Telecommunication, Consumer Staples, Financial and Investment Services and Transportation indices down 54.6%, 29.4%, 24.3%, 16.2%, 6.4% and 5.6% respectively. The market capitalisation increased at the end of this year by 24.3%