Foreign and institutional investors were highly active on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) in the first quarter of 2025, boosting trading volumes by more than half.
The value of foreign investor trades (buy and sell) rose by 62 percent to AED70 billion ($19 billion) in the January to March period from AED43 billion a year earlier, state-run WAM reported citing ADX data.
Foreign net investment — total foreign capital inflow minus domestic capital outflow — surged 151 percent year on year to more than AED9 billion, the exchange said.
Foreign investors accounted for 42 percent of total trading in the first quarter, up from 31 percent a year earlier.
ADX’s market capitalisation rose by 3 percent to more than AED2.9 trillion at the end of Q1 2025, compared to AED2.8 trillion at the end of Q1 2024, Wam reported.
Total trading value grew by 21 percent to AED83 billion in the first quarter, compared with AED69 billion in the same period last year. The traded volume also jumped by 39 percent to 22 billion shares from 16 billion.
Institutional investors reported a 22 percent annual increase in trading value, which reached AED135 billion in the first quarter of 2025.
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