Dubai Financial Market has seen shares worth AED136.4bn ($37.1bn) traded so far this year.
In the first eight months of the year, 29 brokerage firms listed on the DFM exchange conducted more than 2.57m deals on 80bn shares.
EFG Hermes emerged as best performer, dominating the lion’s share of 17.9 per cent (AED24.5bn) of the brokers’ total trades in the said period.
Dubai Financial Market trading
They were followed by BHM Capital Financial Services with 16.4 per cent (AED22.3bn), Arqaam Securities with 10.8 per cent (AED14.7bn) and then Emirates NBD with 8.2 per cent (AED11.8bn).