ADX was established on November 15, 2000, and is a stock exchange in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE). It is a market for trading securities including shares issued by public joint stock companies, bonds issued by governments or corporations, and exchange traded funds. ADX is part of ADQ, an Abu Dhabi-based investment and holding company with a broad portfolio of major enterprises, with investments spanning key sectors of the UAE's diversified economy including energy and utilities, food and agriculture, healthcare and life sciences, transport and logistics, and financial services.
The exchange is owned by the Abu Dhabi Developmental Holding Company, one of the Abu Dhabi government's main sovereign wealth funds, and is 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), with total market capitalization of just over $800 billion. ADX launched two subsidiaries in 2025: AD Clear, a central counter-party clearing house and AD CSD, a central securities depository.
Recent Developments
In May 2026, Bloomberg officially announced that ADX derivatives product data would be made available on the Bloomberg Terminal platform, including 11 contracts such as FADX15 index futures and single stock futures.
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