Dubai - Mubasher: The benchmark index of the Dubai Financial Market (DFM) lost 0.37% or 8.58 points to close Tuesday's trading session at 2,252.91 points.

A total of 453.42 million shares were traded through 4,497 transactions valued at AED 264.59 million.

The market cap value decreased by AED 1.91 billion to AED 314.36 billion, compared to AED 316.27 billion during the previous session.

Ithmaar Holding headed the losing stocks with 4.94%, while Aramex topped the rising stocks with 5.53%.