The Dubai Financial Market Index extended its gains for the second consecutive session, supported by the performance of banking, industrial, and utilities sectors, notably the shares of “Dubai Islamic Bank” and “Empower,” which rose by 1.7% and 3.17% respectively. These stocks led the market index up by 0.23%, or 13.3 points, closing at 5868.64 points, gaining approximately 1.5 billion AED.

The market capitalization of listed shares on the Dubai market rose from 998.6 billion AED at the end of last Friday’s session to exceed one trillion AED by the end of yesterday’s session.

“National Industries Holding” led the gains among 26 rising stocks in Dubai, increasing by 5.15% to 3.3 AED, while “Emaar Properties” accounted for the largest share of total market liquidity with over 168.2 million AED, followed by “Emaar Development” with liquidity of 70.4 million AED, then “Dubai Islamic Bank” attracting 54.55 million AED.

In Dubai, shares of National International Holding rose 3.7%, Drake & Scull 3.4%, and Dubai Financial Market 2.5%, while shares of National General Insurance fell 8.15%, Agility Logistics 3.4%, Emirates REIT 3.36%, and Spinneys 3.17%. Emirati investors turned to buying with a net investment of 64.7 million AED, after purchases worth 310.7 million AED against sales of 246 million AED.

Abu Dhabi Market

The FTSE Abu Dhabi General Market Index “FADGI” closed at 9990.93 points, marginally down by 0.09%.

“Aldar Properties” led activity in Abu Dhabi, capturing the largest share of total trades at about 124 million AED, followed by “International Holding” attracting 112.15 million AED, then “ADNOC Gas” with liquidity of 108.95 million AED. Shares of TAQA rose 12.4%, Oman & Emirates Investment 11.4%, Gulf Investment 5.84%, and Aldar Properties 2.15%. Meanwhile, shares of Umm Al Quwain Investments declined 7.9%, Aram Group 6.3%, BrightSite 2.98%, and Gulf Medical Projects 2.86%.

Liquidity

Local stocks attracted liquidity exceeding 1.66 billion AED in the first session of the week, including 947 million AED in Abu Dhabi and 715.4 million AED in Dubai, with about 462.2 million shares traded across 30.2 thousand deals.

Arab Markets

Most Arab stock markets saw gains, with the Saudi index up 1.82%, Kuwait 0.59%, Qatar 0.22%, Muscat 0.66%, Bahrain 0.10%, and outside the Gulf region, Egypt’s main index rose 0.62%.

Saudi Arabia

The Saudi market index “TASI” rose 1.82% to close at 11434 points, marking its highest level since May 2025, with trading volume around 8 billion SAR.

Shares of Saudi Aramco and Al Rajhi Bank led the market gains, while shares of Saudi National Bank, ACWA Power, Etihad Etisalat, SABIC, Suleiman Al Habib, Almarai, BSF, and National Commercial Bank rose between 1% and 4%. Ma’aden shares jumped 4% to 62.50 SAR, their highest level since listing. Shares of Eastern Pipes, Saudi Re, Dar Al-Moamalat, Building Materials, Nice One rose between 4% and 6%.

Shares of Sadafco, Ritaj, Research and Media, Sinoma Centers, Sinoma Retail, Arabian, and Ma’dania declined between 1% and 3%.

Egypt

Egyptian stock indices rose collectively driven by purchases from local investors, with trading value reaching 4.9 billion EGP and market capitalization gaining 21 billion EGP to close at 2.564 trillion EGP.

The EGX30 index rose 0.62% to close at 36391 points, the EGX30 Weighted Index increased 0.68% to 44752 points, the EGX30 Total Return Index jumped 0.61% to 16359 points, and the low volatility stocks index “EGX35-LV” rose 0.72% to 3973 points.

Additionally, the mid and small caps index “EGX70 Equal Weight” rose 1.13% to 10961 points, the “EGX100 Equal Weight” increased 1.06% to 14526 points, and the Islamic Sharia Index jumped 0.93% to 3620 points.

Jordan

The Jordanian index continued its rise supported by buying in leading stocks, notably Phosphate Mines, amid improved trading value.

The general stock index closed up 0.49% at 3048.21 points, with trading value of 8.3 million JOD compared to 5.5 million JOD in the previous session.

Arab Bank shares rose 0.34% to 5.87 JOD, Jordan Electricity shares increased 0.35% to 2.85 JOD, and Phosphate Mines shares gained 1.75% to 21.5 JOD, while Oil Refinery shares declined 0.7% to 5.66 JOD.