The combined market capitalisation of Arab stock exchanges climbed to $4.54 trillion in February, up from $4.4trn in January, according to data from the Arab Monetary Fund (AMF). The rise was driven by gains in major markets, with Saudi Arabia’s Tadawul exchange leading the pack at $2.983trn.
The Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) followed with a market cap of $775.1 billion, while the Dubai Financial Market (DFM) reached $198.8bn. Other notable perform- ers included the Qatar Stock Exchange at $165.8bn, the Kuwait Stock Exchange at $143.2bn, and the Casablanca Stock Exchange at $66.7bn.
The AMF data also showed increases in market capitalisa- tion for the Egyptian Exchange ($64.7bn), the Muscat Securities Market ($61.7bn), the Amman Stock Exchange ($24.1bn), and the Bahrain Bourse ($20.9 bn). Markets in Beirut ($18bn), Tunis ($7.7bn), Damascus ($5.68bn), and Palestine ($4.38bn) rounded out the fig- ures, highlighting continued growth across the region.