The Dubai Financial Market (DFM) has enhanced its appeal to investors by adding 11,983 new accounts in the first two months of this year. This growth is attributed to a diverse range of investment options and strong gains from companies and institutions, attracting new investor segments.
From January 1 to February 28, brokerage firms in Dubai contributed 11,983 new investment accounts, compared to 13,735 accounts during the same period in 2025. Data from the Dubai Financial Market reveals that the new accounts were distributed as follows: 6,339 in January and 5,644 in February.
Among the financial service firms, “PHM Capital” recorded the highest number of new investor accounts over the first two months, totaling 4,559 accounts. This was followed by “Al Ramz Capital” with 2,364 accounts, “Emirates NBD Securities” with approximately 1,310 accounts, “Abu Dhabi Islamic Securities” with 1,180 accounts, “Mashreq Securities” with 763 accounts, and “First Abu Dhabi Securities” with 473 accounts. “International Securities” added 403 accounts.
In a related development, the 27 brokerage firms operating in the Dubai Financial Market executed over 1.27 million transactions within these two months, involving 21.44 billion shares valued at over 71.54 billion dirhams.
“Hermes – UAE” led the activity with 285,700 transactions worth 16.4 billion dirhams, followed by “Emirates NBD Securities” which carried out approximately 182,340 transactions valued at 8.13 billion dirhams. “Arqaam Securities” conducted around 174,500 transactions equating to 8.46 billion dirhams.