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Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange Overview

The Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange, also known as ADX, is a stock exchange in Abu Dhabi in the UAE that was founded in November 2000.

It is owned by the Abu Dhabi Developmental Holding Company, one of the Abu Dhabi government’s main sovereign wealth funds, and claims to be the second largest market in the Arab region.

As of March 2025 it had just under 190 companies listed, in six sectors: financial, insurance, hotels, industrial, services and energy. The total market capitalisation at that time was just over $800 billion.

ADX is used as a platform for trading securities, including shares of public joint-stock companies, debt instruments, exchange-traded funds and derivatives.

In 2024 ADX accounted for 27 percent of the IPO proceeds raised in the Middle East. Its main branch is in Abu Dhabi city and it also has branches in Al Ain and Sharjah.

ADX has two subsidiaries that it launched in 2025: AD Clear, a central counter-party clearing house and AD CSD, a central securities depository.

Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange News

Adnoc Gas intends to take FIDs on two additional phases of the RGD project at Habshan and Ruwais to increase production capacity

Adnoc Gas awards contracts to expand UAE gas reserves

Adnoc Gas, a subsidiary of the state-backed Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc), has awarded contracts worth $5 billion for the first phase of its Rich Gas Development (RGD) project. The RGD project is intended to boost liquid gas exports and support the UAE’s gas self-sufficiency. The contracts were awarded following a final investment decision […]

Agility's three-year credit facility was secured from a regional bank, the company told Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange

Agility gets $500m loan to support expansion

Logistics company Agility Global has secured a $500 million loan to support its ongoing operations and expansion plans. The three-year facility, with specific extension options, was secured from a regional bank, the company said in a statement to the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange. The name of the lender was not disclosed. In March, Agility said […]

Taqa Morocco and local partners have agreed to invest $14bn to support energy and water security

Taqa to invest in Morocco’s energy and water security

The Casablanca-listed subsidiary of Abu Dhabi’s Taqa has agreed to develop multi-billion-dollar large-scale power and water projects in Morocco along with local partners, according to a statement. Taqa Morocco Group, Nareva, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Morocco’s Al Mada Group, and the sovereign Mohammed VI Investment Fund signed agreements with the Moroccan government and the Office National de […]

Arabian Construction Company's projects include Abu Dhbai's Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque

Arabian Construction Company hires banks for IPO

Arabian Construction Company (ACC), a family-owned business in Abu Dhabi, has reportedly picked local and global banks for its proposed initial public offering. First Abu Dhabi Bank and HSBC will advise the company on its domestic listing, Bloomberg reported. The listing is expected to take place in the second half of the year, sources said. In […]

Steel is a vital component in construction so Emsteel believes growing UAE demand will offset growing imports from China

Why Emsteel is not worried about rising Chinese imports

UAE steel and building material company Emsteel expects demand for its products to grow 10 percent this year, paced by multi-billion-dollar infrastructure projects and real estate developments, its CEO said. That could offset a challenge from surging imports from China and declining world prices. The Abu Dhabi-based company has increased production capacity to meet demand […]

A Lulu store. Revenue in Saudi Arabia jumped by 10 percent year on year, primarily driven by new store openings in the last 12 months

Lulu profit and revenue up as online sales grow by quarter

Net profit of Lulu Retail, the largest grocery retailer in the GCC, increased in the first quarter of 2025, supported by higher online sales. Net profit grew 16 percent year on year to $70 million, with net profit margin rising to 3 percent, up 25 basis points annually, the retailer said in a statement published […]

The Wengfu acquisition will allow Fertiglobe to expand in vital sectors and diversify its global footprint

Fertiglobe buys Australia’s Wengfu fertiliser company

Abu Dhabi-listed Fertiglobe, the largest nitrogen fertiliser producer in the Middle East and North Africa, is to acquire Wengfu’s fertiliser distribution business assets in Australia. The final value of the deal will be determined at closing, subject to regulatory approvals, the company said in a statement to the Abu Dhabi bourse on Monday. Wengfu Australia Pty […]

Revenue from Adnoc Drilling's offshore segment increased 2 percent annually to $334 million

Adnoc Drilling to pay quarterly dividends

Adnoc Drilling, a subsidiary of state-backed oil major Adnoc, will begin paying quarterly dividends, starting with $217 million for the first quarter of 2025. This comes as the company reported a 24 percent year-on-year jump in net profit to $341 million during the quarter ended March 2025. Revenues surged 32 percent yearly to $1.2 billion, […]

The AD Ports agreement was signed in the presence of Egypt's Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly and UAE minister of industry and advanced technology Sultan Al Jaber

AD Ports to break ground on Egypt logistics park this year

State-controlled AD Ports Group and Egypt government-backed Suez Canal Economic Zone have signed a 50-year renewable deal to develop and operate a 20 sq km logistics and industrial park near the coastal city of Port Said on the Mediterranean Sea. The Abu Dhabi-based ports operator will develop, construct, finance, operate and manage the industrial and logistics zone in […]