Net foreign investments (buying/selling) in stocks in the UAE financial markets reached a value of 439.055 million dirhams, at the end of last week’s trading.

According to data from the UAE financial markets, foreign investors carried out purchasing operations in Dubai and Abu Dhabi shares worth 2.248 billion dirhams, compared to sales amounting to 2.382 billion dirhams.

Abu Dhabi Securities Market

The value of foreign purchases of shares during the past week on the Abu Dhabi Stock Exchange amounted to about 1.092 billion dirhams, compared to sales amounting to 940.203 million dirhams, with a net purchase of 152.581 million dirhams.

Arab investors tended to buy with a net investment of 21,517 million dirhams, as the value of Arab purchases amounted to about 172,309 million dirhams, compared to sales of about 150,791 million dirhams.

Citizens of the Gulf Cooperation Council countries also tended to purchase with a net investment of 6,622 million dirhams, and sales by citizens of the Gulf Cooperation Council countries amounted to 139,928 million dirhams, compared to purchases worth 146,550 million dirhams.

Sales by UAE citizens amounted to about 3.799 billion dirhams, compared to purchases worth 3.616 billion dirhams, with a net sale of 180.721 million dirhams.

Dubai Financial Market

The Dubai Stock Exchange witnessed foreign purchases of shares worth 1.155 billion dirhams, compared to sales of about 1.442 billion dirhams, with a net sale of 286.474 million dirhams.

Arab investors tended to sell at a value of 401,466 million dirhams, compared to purchases worth 226,266 million dirhams, with a net sale of 175,199 million dirhams.

Purchases by citizens of the Gulf Cooperation Council countries amounted to 390.335 million dirhams, compared to sales transactions of about 132.212 million dirhams, with a net purchase of 258.122 million dirhams.

UAE investors made purchases worth 1.744 billion dirhams, compared to sales worth 1.458 billion dirhams, with a net purchase amounting to 286.474 million dirhams.