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D<\/strong>ubai Financial Market (DFM) added 54k new investors in 2025<\/strong> \u2014 84% of whom were foreign investors \u2014 as international trades surpassed local trades for the first time, CEO Hamed Ali told local news outlet Al Emarat Al Youm<\/a>. Foreign investors, who made up 53% of total activity, now hold 20% of DFM\u2019s total market cap.<\/p>\n

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Institutions drove 71% of traded value<\/strong>, helping daily trading volumes climb 75% y-o-y and boosting overall liquidity by 77%. <\/p>\n

REMEMBER- The DFM General Index is up 18.6% YTD<\/strong>, making it the Gulf\u2019s best-performing benchmark for the third straight year. Over the past three years, DFM attracted 368k new investors, pushing its market cap above the AED 1 tn mark, Ali said.<\/p>\n

On the listings side<\/strong>, Nasdaq Dubai and DFM together hold AED 532 bn in fixed-income listings, including AED 98.8 bn tied to ESG-linked instruments, he said, adding that Nasdaq Dubai has maintained its position as the world\u2019s largest sukuk hub. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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