Trading value reached 171 billion dirhams over the period, with total trading volume rising 3.7% year on year to 50.3 billion shares. Average daily traded volume climbed 9% year on year to 423 million shares, and the number of individual trades grew 12% to approximately 3.3 million. Market makers accounted for 15% of total traded value, up three percentage points year on year, reflecting an ongoing effort to deepen liquidity rather than rely solely on order-driven activity.

Net positive inflows reached 1.4 billion dirhams, a 13.7% year-on-year increase. Institutions represented 78% of total trading value, a figure consistent with the exchange’s positioning as a wholesale venue rather than a retail-led marketplace. International investors accounted for 48% of total trading value, while UAE nationals increased their share by six percentage points to 52%.

Two participant milestones stand out. HSBC joined as the first foreign General Clearing Member alongside First Abu Dhabi Bank, and Morgan Stanley entered as the first international remote trading participant. Both developments lower the operational friction for global asset managers and prime brokers looking to access Abu Dhabi-listed securities without routing through a local intermediary. The ADX also signed a Letter of Intent with Borsa Italiana and expanded its Tabadul cross-border hub by adding the Amman Stock Exchange, with ADIB Securities becoming the first UAE bank on the network.

The exchange added four new listings in the period, including two dual-listed ETFs from the New York Stock Exchange , a route that gives international retail and institutional flows exposure to the Abu Dhabi market through a familiar wrapper.

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