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By TRENDS Desk
August 29, 2022 10:37 am
  • It represents a 74.7 percent growth over the corresponding period last year, when their trading value was around $5.39 billion
  • Owning $1.06 billion of shares at ADX, there are 219,000 Emirati women investing at ADX until mid-August 2022

Abu Dhabi, UAE— Some $9.42 billion have been invested in the financial markets by the women in the United Arab Emirates during the last eight months of the current year, according to figures shared by the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX).

It represents a 74.7 percent growth over the corresponding period last year, when their trading value was around $5.39 billion, ADX said in a statement marking the Emirati Women’s Day.

“Emirati women completed transactions over nine billion shares during the reference period, up 42 percent from 6.3 billion share during the same period last year,” added the statement.

Owning $1.06 billion of shares at ADX, there are 219,000 Emirati women investing at ADX until mid-August 2022, accounting for 89.8 percent of the total number of women trading at the bourse.

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