Dubai – September 15, 2026 -- Eligible customers of the investment app baraka can now buy shares listed on the Dubai Financial Market (DFM) and Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) directly through their existing account, with local trades funded in AED. The DIFC-based platform, regulated by the Dubai Financial Services Authority, says the move gives its users from more than 100 nationalities access to nearly 10,000 local and global assets in one place.
Younger investors are driving the platform's growth.
More than 70% of baraka's investors are under 35, and by August the number of customers trading UAE stocks through the app had grown more than 25 times from its pre-launch pilot. The most popular picks include Emaar Properties, ADNOC Gas, ADNOC Distribution, Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank and Salik.UAE exchanges are seeing record activity.
DFM closed June 2026 with a market capitalization of AED 981.6 billion, after total traded value rose 40.4% year-on-year to AED 119.5 billion in the first half of the year; it added 42,864 investors in that period, 71.4% of them international. ADX ended the same period with a market cap of AED 2.8 trillion and H1 trading value of AED 171 billion, adding more than 30,000 investors, 77% from abroad.Shares are held under local custody, with dividends passed through.
Local stocks bought via baraka are funded in AED and held in customers' names, with whole shares kept under the custodianship of Emirates NBD. Eligible investors can also receive dividends from UAE-listed companies. Since the feature launched, 87% of UAE-stock orders on baraka have been purchase orders."Bringing DFM and ADX stocks to baraka means our customers can build portfolios that reflect both global opportunities and the economic champions of the place they call home,
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