Dubai - Mubasher: The benchmark index of the Dubai Financial Market (DFM) declined by around 1.01% or 21.45 points to close Wednesday's trading session at 2,099.21 points.

A total of 333.69 million shares were traded through more than 5,000 transactions at a total value of AED 327.76 million.

The market cap value decreased by AED 1.99 billion to AED 296.3 billion, compared to around AED 298.29 billion during the previous session.

The real estate sector topped the losers with nearly 1.31%.

Al Salam Bank - Sudan led 24 losing stocks with 4.9%, while Al Madina for Finance and Investment came on top of nine rising stocks with 10.71%.