Dubai – Mubasher: The benchmark index of the Dubai Financial Market (DFM) went down by 0.62% or 14.36 points to settle at 2,273.62 points by the end of Wednesday's trading session, unlike its upward performance on Tuesday, 8 September.
A total of 391.60 million shares were traded through 5,605 transactions valued at AED 308.86 million.
The market cap value declined by AED 2.13 billion, compared to AED 318.16 billion during the previous session.
The consumer staples sector led the losers with 4.11%, while the investment and financial services segment topped the winners with 0.04%.
Union Properties came on top of the red zone with 4.96%, while Dar Al Takaful headed the green zone with 14.93%.
Islamic Arab Insurance Co (Salama) was the most active stock with 70.72 million shares traded at AED 52.95 million.
Arabtec Holding led the losing blue chips with 4.94%, while Damac Properties topped the rising blue chips with 1.03%.
