Gulf Financial Markets Post $618 Billion in Trading Volume

Gulf Financial Markets Post $618 Billion in Trading Volume

Gulf

Financial Markets Post $618 Billion in Trading Volume

Muscat,

13 Sep 2026 (ONA) — Gulf financial markets saw approximately 401.7 billion

shares change hands during 2025, surging 19.5 percent compared with 2024, as the value of traded shares reached some $618 billion,

according to the latest data released by the GCC Statistical Centre (GCC-Stat).

The

composite general index gauging the performance of Gulf financial markets stood

at approximately 165.2 points by the close of 2025, registering a decline of

3.8 percent compared with the end of 2024.

The

total market capitalization of Gulf financial markets in 2025 reached around

$3.9 trillion, retreating 6.2 percent compared with 2024.

The

total number of companies listed on Gulf financial markets reached 779, while

the number of companies whose shares are permitted to be traded by GCC citizens

on Gulf exchanges stood at 756, equivalent to 97 percent of all listed

companies, with the figure reaching 100 percent on the Bahrain, Muscat, Qatar

and Kuwait bourses.

In

2025, Gulf financial markets experienced sweeping regulatory and legislative

developments encompassing the oversight of financial markets and <a href="https://bitcomme.com/got-1000-an-investment-in-spacex-could-be-worth-this-much-by-the-end-of-2027/” title=”Got $1,000? An Investment in SpaceX Could Be Worth This Much by the End of 2027.”>investment

funds, the refinement of offering and listing rules, the bolstering of

corporate governance, the regulation of trading conduct and the enhancement of

market-making mechanisms, alongside an expansion in digital platforms and

financial technologies.

The

year 2025 also witnessed the strengthening of risk-based supervision and

oversight, the development of financial market infrastructure and the

modernization of capital adequacy frameworks, in addition to an expansion in

sustainability-related disclosures and the upgrading of systems governing the

electronic issuance of securities.

Within

the framework of reinforcing Gulf integration, the cross-border registration

regulation for investment funds entered into force as the first unified

regulatory framework for a financial product across the GCC states, alongside

continued work on initiatives to support the listing and trading of bonds and

sukuk, to promote dual listings and electronic interconnection between bourses

and to unify the investor number for GCC citizens.