Foreign investors purchased Dh 1.1bn of shares on Dubai Financial Market

Dubai Financial Market (DFM) announced that the value of shares bought by foreign investors, or non-U.A.E. nationals, from 17th to 21st August, 2014, reached about Dh 1.137 billion, while value of stocks they sold stood at Dh 1.082 bn, with net foreign investment on the market reaching Dh 55.1 million during the period, as aggregate buy.

Value of shares bought by foreigner investors comprised 45.7 per cent of the total value of stocks traded during the last five days, while value of stocks sold by foreign investors during the same period represented 43.5 per cent of stocks traded during the period, a DFM press release said on the market activities over the past five days.
The value of stocks bought by institutional investors during the week reached Dh 732.1 million, comprising 29.5 per cent of the total value of stocks traded during the period. The value of stocks sold by institutional investors during the period reached Dh 605.7 mn, representing 24.4 per cent of the total value of stocks traded during the period.