Net foreign investments (non-Arab) in UAE stock markets surged by 65% since the beginning of this year to approximately 24.91 billion AED net purchases, compared to net investments of 15.14 billion AED in the same period of 2024.

According to Al Khaleej’s analysis of financial statements, foreign investments were distributed with 18.8 billion AED net purchases in the Abu Dhabi market, resulting from purchases worth 95.171 billion AED against sales of 76.377 billion AED. In Dubai, these investments amounted to about 6.116 billion AED net purchases, following purchases of 55.377 billion AED versus sales of 49.216 billion AED.

In Abu Dhabi, Arab investors also bought but at a lower value of around 9.85 million AED net purchases, while Gulf investors sold with a net investment of 1.4 billion AED net sales. Emirati investors also sold with a net investment of 17.351 billion AED net sales.

In Dubai, Arab, Gulf, and Emirati investors all sold with net investments of 99.134 million AED, 731.56 million AED, and 5.285 billion AED net sales respectively.

Institutional portfolios showed mixed performance, buying in Abu Dhabi with a net investment of 1.36 billion AED and selling in Dubai with a net investment of 540.68 million AED. Individual investors showed the opposite trend.

In the first nine months of 2024, net foreign investments (non-Arab) in Abu Dhabi reached 13.08 billion AED net purchases, Gulf investors bought with a net investment of 1.145 billion AED, while Emirati and Arab investors sold with net investments of 14 billion and 200 million AED respectively.

In Dubai, foreign (non-Arab) investors bought with a net investment of 2.06 billion AED, while Emirati, Gulf, and Arab investors sold with net investments of 1.51 billion, 367.62 million, and 182 million AED respectively.