Dubai Monetary Market (DFM) introduced its consolidated monetary outcomes for the six-month interval ending 30 June 2025, reporting a internet revenue earlier than tax of AED777.1 million, up 298 p.c in comparison with the identical interval in 2024, underscoring robust investor confidence and the continued enlargement of Dubai’s capital markets.
DFM noticed strong market efficiency throughout this era, with the DFM Normal Index (DFMGI) rising by 10.6 p.c, reflecting each native market energy and a broader international shift in capital in direction of resilient, growth-oriented markets.
The whole market capitalisation additionally elevated by a strong 9.7 p.c, in comparison with the identical interval final 12 months, to succeed in AED995 billion.
Commenting on DFM’s efficiency, Helal Saeed Al Marri, Chairman of DFM, mentioned, “DFM delivered a constructive efficiency within the first half of 2025, underpinned by rising market depth and investor engagement. The rise within the DFM Normal Index, alongside sustained participation from institutional and international traders, is about in opposition to the backdrop of a dynamic Dubai economic system, the place document actual property exercise, rising hedge fund presence, and elevated capital flows have strengthened the emirate’s standing as a worldwide monetary hub. The third version of our Annual Capital Market Summit, held in Might, additional highlighted DFM’s international standing, attracting greater than 1,500 main worldwide and regional market members and setting the stage for continued innovation and progress. Wanting forward, we’ll proceed enhancing our market infrastructure and diversifying our choices to help sustained market progress.”
DFM’s whole consolidated income rose 191 p.c to AED888.9 million within the first half of 2025, underpinned by a strong rise in working revenue and strong funding returns and one-off revenue from the sale of an funding property. Bills, excluding tax, had been AED111.8 million in comparison with AED110.3 million in H1 2024, reflecting ongoing investments in market infrastructure and expertise.
Within the second quarter of 2025, the entire income reached AED702.5 million in comparison with AED157.6 million reported in Q2 2024. Additional, the trade recorded a internet revenue earlier than tax of AED642.2 million, in comparison with AED99.8 million within the corresponding interval final 12 months reflecting the regular market progress.
DFM recorded elevated buying and selling exercise throughout H1 2025, with common each day traded worth (ADTV) rising 75 p.c year-on-year to AED692 million, resulting in a complete traded worth of AED85 billion, up 77 p.c in comparison with AED48 billion in H1 2024. Common variety of each day trades additionally elevated by 37 p.c to roughly 13,900, reflecting deeper market engagement.
DFM onboarded 53,655 new traders in the course of the first half of 2025, with international traders making up 84 p.c, elevating the entire investor base to over 1.2 million. Institutional buying and selling elevated notably, reaching 71 p.c of whole exercise, with international traders contributing 53 p.c of buying and selling and representing 20 p.c possession of market capitalisation.
In June, DFM participated in HSBC’s GCC Exchanges Convention in London, which convened over 300 international institutional traders, greater than 100 corporates, and representatives from all GCC exchanges. The convention emphasised rising international curiosity within the Gulf markets, pushed by resilient regional efficiency, together with a 33 p.c rise in GCC IPO exercise within the first three months of the 12 months.
Within the first half of 2025, DFM welcomed the landmark IPO of Dubai Residential REIT (DUBAIRESI), the GCC’s largest and first-ever listed pure-play residential leasing-focused REIT.
The IPO raised AED2.145 billion (US$584 million) and was considerably oversubscribed, with gross demand exceeding AED56 billion (US$15 billion), roughly 26 occasions the provided items. Dubai Residential REIT debuted with a market capitalisation of AED14.3 billion (US$3.9 billion), marking the most important listed REIT within the GCC and underscoring robust investor confidence in Dubai’s actual property sector.
In Might, DFM efficiently hosted the third MENA Capital Market Summit (CMS 2025), welcoming over 1,500 attendees and greater than 100 audio system from main international establishments. The annual occasion has come to function a regional anchor for dialogue, innovation, and funding, additional cementing DFM’s function as a strategic enabler of capital market growth. Throughout this 12 months’s version, DFM introduced two AI-powered enhancements to its iVestor app: Good Disclosures and Monetary Abstract.
Good Disclosures supplies concise summaries of detailed firm bulletins, whereas Monetary Abstract presents key monetary metrics clearly and succinctly. These new options intention to simplify entry to data and help traders in making knowledgeable selections, aligning with the rising demand for intuitive, digital-first funding instruments.
DFM additionally continued enhancing its Enviornment platform, designed to facilitate broader capital entry and diversify funding alternatives throughout varied asset lessons, reinforcing market depth and investor engagement.
Market capitalisation reached AED995 billion, reflecting Dubai’s diversified financial base with sector composition as follows: Financials 40 p.c, Actual Property 20 p.c, Utilities 17 p.c, Industrials 12 p.c, Communication Companies 5 p.c, and Client Staples and different sectors comprising the rest. This various combine strategically positions DFM to draw listings from rising and underrepresented sectors.
Hamed Ali, CEO of DFM and Nasdaq Dubai, mentioned, “DFM’s efficiency within the first half of 2025 displays a market evolving with function, demonstrating regular progress in executing our strategic initiatives and sustaining investor confidence. The profitable itemizing of Dubai Residential REIT alerts continued energy in our IPO pipeline and a rising investor urge for food for diversified asset lessons. As we broaden entry to new merchandise and deepen market infrastructure, DFM stays a magnet for capital and a launchpad for the area’s most formidable issuers.”