Dubai Financial Market PJSC
About Dubai Financial Market PJSC
Country of Origin: United Arab Emirates (U.A.E)
Dubai Financial Market (DFM) – PJSC (the “Company”) is a Public Joint Stock Company incorporated in the Emirate of Dubai – United Arab Emirates, pursuant to decree No. 62 for the year 2007 issued by the Ministry of Economy on February 6, 2007, and is subject to the provision of the UAE, Federal Law No. 8 for the year 1984 and its amendments.
The licensed activities of the company are trading in financial instruments, acting as commercial, industrial and agricultural holding and trust company, financial investment consultancy, and brokerage local and foreign shares and bonds. In accordance with its Articles of Association, the Company complies in all its activities, operations and formalities with the provisions of Islamic Shari’a and shall invest its entire fund in accordance with these provisions.
The company’s shares are listed on the Dubai Financial Market (“DFM”). The company currently operates the Dubai Stock Exchange, related clearing house and carries out investment activities on its own behalf.
The ultimate parent and controlling party is the Government of Dubai which owns 80% of DFM through Borse Dubai Limited (the “parent”), a Government of Dubai entity.
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The Dubai Financial Market (DFM) reported a strong performance in the first nine months of 2024, with a 60% increase in net profit before tax, reaching AED 298.7 million compared to the same period in 2023. The DFM General Index rose by 10.9%, closing at 4,503.48 points, the highest since 2014. Total consolidated revenues increased by 29% to AED 460.3 million, and the number of trades rose by 20% year-on-year to 1.7 million. However, the total trading value decreased by 6% to AED 72.7 billion. The market capitalization of DFM-listed companies reached AED 757 billion. The exchange attracted 91,151 new investors, with 85% being foreign, who contributed 49% to the total trading value. Institutional investors accounted for 65% of the trading value.