{"id":114284,"date":"2026-03-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/?p=114284"},"modified":"2026-03-24T02:53:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T02:53:52","slug":"equity-sell-off-continues-amid-uncertain-outlook-for-the-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2026\/03\/24\/equity-sell-off-continues-amid-uncertain-outlook-for-the-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Equity sell-off continues amid uncertain outlook for the war"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"> <strong>UAE indices broke their two-day winning streak yesterday <\/strong>amid the back-and-forth of threats between US President Donald Trump and Iran of further escalation, with broad-based selling taking place across both the Dubai Financial Market (DFM) and the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX).<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Dubai\u2019s main index slipped 2.7%, while Abu Dhabi\u2019s benchmark fell 1.6%<\/strong>, as disruptions tied to the Strait of Hormuz continue to weigh on sentiment \u2014 pushing Dubai\u2019s YTD losses to 10.7% and Abu Dhabi\u2019s to 5.9%.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Declines were widespread on the DFM.<\/strong> Heavyweights like Emaar Properties (-4.6%) and Emirates NBD (-4.9%) dragged the index, with the sell-off also extending across smaller names.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>The ADX saw heavy selling across banking stocks and large caps.<\/strong> Declines were led by Aldar Properties, First Abu Dhabi Bank, and Abu Dhabi Ports Company, all down 5%. Gains were selective, with Fertiglobe up 5.7% and Adnoc Distribution gaining over 2%, with limited breadth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tag-border-left\">The bigger picture <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>UAE markets saw around USD 750 mn in net foreign outflows last week<\/strong>, making them among the most affected across the region, Ibrahim Masood, head of equities at Mashreq, said during a webinar (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Mri1uM34AYI\" style=\"\">watch, runtime: 31:31<\/a>). The UAE saw the most outflows by a wide margin, followed by Kuwait at USD 100 mn. Saudi Arabia, on the other hand, saw net inflows of over USD 40 mn.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>This is mostly driven by Emirati oil exports\u2019 exposure to oil disruptions<\/strong>, with sectors like real estate and financial services also suffering from a growing risk-off sentiment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>\u201cWe expect the UAE to remain under pressure<\/strong>, with financials, real estate, and industrials continuing to face stress from ongoing investor risk-off sentiment,\u201d Masood added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week saw around USD 750 mn in net foreign outflows from UAE indices<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":114285,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2414],"tags":[74,29,130,7,226,2413],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-114284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-big-story-today","tag-adx","tag-capital-markets","tag-dfm","tag-enterpriseam-uae","tag-equities","tag-the-big-story-today","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"ff618bc4-97db-4ef3-b0b9-7c4bb5d29fd5","order":"3","is_powered_by":false,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/2025\/5\/963.jpg","photo_position":"above","homepage_title":"","full_issue_title":"Markets back in the red","related_issue":[114279],"teaser":"Last week saw around USD 750 mn in net foreign outflows from UAE indices"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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