The Dubai Financial Market has emerged as a leader among Gulf stock exchanges for the first seven months of 2025, demonstrating a robust performance supported by the strength of the national economy, impressive gains in key listed stocks, record results from banks for the first half of 2025, and increased demand from institutional and international investors.
According to a report from “Al-Bayan,” the Dubai Financial Market index has increased by 19.4% since the start of 2025, rising from 5,158.67 points at the end of December to 6,159.15 points by the end of July, resulting in a market capitalization gain of approximately 153.12 billion dirhams.
The market capitalization of listed stocks in Dubai increased from 906.9 billion dirhams at the end of trading in December to 1.060 trillion dirhams by the last trading session in July 2025.
Since the beginning of the year, foreign investors (non-Arabs) have invested a net of 5.57 billion dirhams in the Dubai market, with purchases amounting to 44 billion dirhams against sales of 38.5 billion dirhams.
The stock of “Union Properties” led the gains in the Dubai market with an increase of 112.9% over the past seven months, while “Amlak Finance” rose by 94.9%, “United Foods” by 53.3%, “Ekttab Holding” by 51.1%, “Dubai Commercial Bank” by 44%, “Dubai Islamic Bank” by 40.76%, “Dubai Investments” by 37.04%, “du” by 33.5%, “Emirates Islamic Bank” by 31%, “Parkn” by 26.7%, “Sudanese Salam Bank” by 25.5%, and “Emirates NBD” by 24.71%.
Local stock markets have experienced significant gains since the start of 2025, with their market capitalization rising over 316 billion dirhams, bolstered by key stocks in leading sectors. The total market capitalization of listed stocks grew from 3.907 trillion dirhams at the end of December to 4.223 trillion dirhams by the end of July 2025, with 3.163 trillion dirhams in the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange and 1.060 trillion dirhams in the Dubai Financial Market.
In terms of monthly performance, the Dubai Financial Market index rose 7.95%, adding around 64.7 billion dirhams, while the Abu Dhabi market increased by 4.15% in July.
Gulf Markets Overview
Over the past seven months, the Kuwaiti stock exchange increased by 18.57%, Qatari stocks rose by 6.53%, and the Muscat exchange gained 4.39%, while the Saudi and Bahraini stock exchanges fell by 9.58% and 1.53%, respectively.
Additionally, the Abu Dhabi general index “ADX” has climbed by 10.1% since the start of 2025, closing at 10,370.66 points, gaining approximately 163 billion dirhams.