The Dubai Financial Market has successfully enhanced its investment appeal by adding approximately 58,400 new accounts in the first eight months of the current year. This growth is attributed to a variety of investment options, strong corporate earnings, and the attraction of new segments of investors.
In total, brokerage firms in the Dubai market registered 58,393 new investor accounts from January to the end of August, compared to 63,899 accounts during the same period in 2024.
New Accounts Overview
According to a report by local sources based on data from the Dubai Financial Market, the new accounts were distributed as follows: 6,889 in January, 6,846 in February, 5,923 in March, 7,384 in April, 10,745 in May, 6,589 in June, 7,542 in July, and 6,475 in August.
Accounts by Brokerage Firms
P.H.M Capital Financial Services led the way with the largest share of new investor accounts in the first eight months, totaling 24,180 accounts. It was followed by Emirates NBD Securities with approximately 8,933 accounts, Al Ramz Capital with 6,472 accounts, Abu Dhabi Islamic Securities with 6,002 accounts, Mashreq Securities with 3,230 accounts, and Abu Dhabi First Securities with 2,591 accounts, with International Securities rounding out the list at 2,162 accounts.
Additionally, the 27 brokerage firms currently operating in the Dubai Financial Market executed around 4.54 million trades over the eight-month period, involving about 88.35 billion shares valued at nearly 231.7 billion dirhams. This marks an increase of 77.4% compared to the same timeframe in 2024, which saw a value of 101.1 billion dirhams.
August Trading Activity
Monthly data from the Dubai Financial Market revealed that the leading brokerage firm in August was EFG Hermes UAE, with trading volumes reaching approximately 6.2 billion dirhams, accounting for 24.3% of the total trading value in the market that month.
In second place was Emirates NBD Securities, with a trading volume of 3.5 billion dirhams, representing 13.7% of the total trading.
Moreover, the total trading value in the Dubai market reached 25.5 billion dirhams in August, facilitated by 27 brokerage firms, which also opened 6,475 new accounts.