Real estate and banking stocks light up DFM ahead of Eid break
Dubai stocks advanced for a fourth straight session riding on an earnings-driven rally while Abu Dhabi stocks headed marginally lower before the Eid holidays. Saudi Arabian shares moved up, ending three days of trading in red. Dubai Financial Market clawed back intra-day losses as banking and real estate shares rebounded to help the index close higher by 0.4 per cent to 2,696 points. Monday's advance marked the gauge's sixth rise in the last seven sessions after upbeat first-quarter results set off the series of gains. The biggest single boost came in from Emirates NBD, gaining above 1 per ...