The UAE ranked first in the Middle East and North Africa region and fifth in the world in terms of interest in stock exchanges and keenness to invest in their trading, according to the results of a survey conducted by the British financial services company CMC Markets.
The company relied, in the balance of the questionnaire results, on examining the data contained in “Google Trends” regarding the number of times searches for different shares via the “Google” search engine with the aim of buying them, by residents in every country of the world over the past year. Based on this criterion, the UAE scored 374 points on the general index of the questionnaire, out of 700 points, according to Al-Bayan newspaper.
Among the sub-indicators, the UAE also ranked fifth in the world in the “daily trading” sub-index, which means speculation in security bonds, specifically buying and selling financial instruments during the trading day, while it ranked fourth in the world in the “swing trading” sub-index, which means trading. short term.
The UAE was the only Arab country among the top ten on the index. The UAE outperformed Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and Nigeria, which ranked from sixth to tenth, respectively.
