The Dubai Financial Market (DFM) has maintained its investment appeal, adding 44,250 new accounts in the first six months of this year, driven by the diversity of investment options and instruments and the gains achieved by the market's major companies and stocks. This has had a positive impact in attracting new segments of investors, particularly foreign investors.
Brokerage firms operating in the Dubai market added 44,250 new investor accounts from 1 January to the end of June, compared with 44,376 accounts in the same period of 2025.
According to Al Bayan's monitoring, the new accounts were distributed as follows: 6,339 accounts in January, 5,644 in February, 12,837 in March, 7,356 in April, 5,210 in May, and 6,864 in June — with June recording a year-on-year increase of approximately 4.3% compared with 6,589 new accounts in June 2025.
BHM Capital Financial Services captured the largest share of new investor accounts in the first six months with 17,003 accounts, followed by Rumooz Capital with 7,063 accounts, Abu Dhabi Islamic Securities with 6,200 accounts, Emirates NBD Securities with approximately 4,395 accounts, Mashreq Securities with 3,483 accounts, and First Abu Dhabi Securities with 1,697 accounts.
The 28 brokerage firms currently operating in the Dubai Financial Market executed more than 4.46 million transactions in the first half, involving approximately 65.27 billion shares valued at AED 238.95 billion.
Monthly DFM data showed that EFG Hermes UAE topped the brokerage firms active in the Dubai market with a trading value of approximately AED 10.8 billion during June 2026, representing 25.9% of the total value of shares traded on the Dubai market in the same month.
Emirates NBD Securities ranked second with a trading value of AED 4.8 billion, accounting for 11.6% of total trading.
Total trading value on the Dubai market reached AED 41.6 billion during June, executed through 28 brokerage firms, with 6,874 new accounts opened during the month.