The Abu Dhabi Securities Market demonstrated strong performance in the first quarter of 2025, showing a significant increase compared to the same period in 2024. This growth was primarily driven by a notable rise in liquidity indicators and investment activity from foreign and institutional investors.

According to market data, the value of foreign investors’ trading, both buying and selling, surged by approximately 62.2%, reaching nearly 69.79 billion dirhams in the first quarter of this year. This marks a substantial increase from 43.03 billion dirhams during the same quarter last year. Additionally, net foreign investment showed remarkable growth, jumping 151% from around 3.4 billion dirhams to over 8.5 billion dirhams, reflecting the increasing confidence of foreign investors in the UAE market.

The contribution of foreign investors to trading value rose to 42% in the first quarter of 2025, up from 31% in the same period of 2024, an increase of 11 percentage points. Furthermore, the total market capitalization increased by approximately 3.2%, reaching over 2.93 trillion dirhams by the end of the first quarter of 2025, compared to around 2.84 trillion dirhams at the end of the same quarter in 2024.

Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) also saw a significant rise, with their market value increasing by 109% to approximately 1.64 billion dirhams, compared to 784.4 million dirhams previously. In terms of trading activity, the value of overall trading increased by nearly 21%, reaching around 83.3 billion dirhams in the first quarter of 2025, compared to 68.95 billion dirhams in the first quarter of 2024. The volume of shares traded rose by 39%, exceeding 22.45 billion shares compared to 16.11 billion shares, while the number of executed trades surged by about 41%, totaling 1.35 million transactions compared to 961.8 thousand transactions during the same period last year.

Institutional investors also contributed to the trading dynamics, with their transaction value rising by 22% to over 134.9 billion dirhams in the first quarter of 2025, compared to approximately 110.6 billion dirhams during the same period last year.