The Dubai Financial Market (DFM; ) is a stock exchange located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It was founded on 26 March 2000.
At the end of March 2025, the market capitalization of the Dubai stock exchange listed companies reached 897 billion AED (244 billion US$).[2]
Overview
As of 2025, there are 69 companies listed on DFM.
During 2004 and 2005, there were significant increases in the volume of shares traded and the share prices of many companies. However, towards the end of 2005 and through the first few months of 2006 the bubble burst and share values dropped by around 60% on DFM, along with similar decreases in most other Persian Gulf stock markets.
DFM is one of three stock exchanges in the UAE. Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) also lists mostly UAE companies and NASDAQ Dubai was set up to trade international stocks.
DFM and ADX are both governed and regulated by the Capital Market Authority (CMA). CMA has the authority to impose laws and standards in which DFM and ADX have to comply with. CMA's role is to ensure that the laws are followed by the exchanges as well as to protect investors’, brokers’ and listed companies’ rights.