{"version":"1","article":{"id":"dubai-gold-finance-indicators-2026","slug":"dubai-gold-finance-indicators-2026","language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/dubai-gold-finance-indicators-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/dubai-gold-finance-indicators-2026?lang=en","title":"Dubai reviews financial and gold-market indicators","summary":"Dubai’s senior economic committee reviewed financial-centre data and proposed directions for a gold strategy; reported gold figures cover 2025, while most financial indicators are from 2026.","category":"finance","region":"world","topics":[],"published_at":"2026-10-08T22:56:34+03:00","modified_at":"2026-10-08T22:56:34+03:00","publication_basis":"publication-record","event_period":"2026-10-08","event_period_basis":"event-or-reference-period","sources":[{"name":"Emirates News Agency (WAM), reporting Dubai's Higher Committee for Economic and Financial Sector Development","url":"https://www.wam.ae/en/article/c2n1i04-maktoum-bin-mohammed-reviews-dubai-economic","publishedAt":"2026-10-08","checkedAt":"2026-10-08"}],"translations":[{"language":"tr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/tr/news/dubai-gold-finance-indicators-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/dubai-gold-finance-indicators-2026?lang=tr"},{"language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/dubai-gold-finance-indicators-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/dubai-gold-finance-indicators-2026?lang=en"},{"language":"ar","url":"https://haberpaper.com/ar/news/dubai-gold-finance-indicators-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/dubai-gold-finance-indicators-2026?lang=ar"},{"language":"fr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/fr/news/dubai-gold-finance-indicators-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/dubai-gold-finance-indicators-2026?lang=fr"},{"language":"es","url":"https://haberpaper.com/es/news/dubai-gold-finance-indicators-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/dubai-gold-finance-indicators-2026?lang=es"}],"data_types":["table"],"data":{"version":1,"blocks":[{"id":"dubai-finance-gold-indicators","type":"table","title":{"tr":"Komite toplantısında bildirilen finans ve altın göstergeleri","en":"Financial and gold indicators reported at the committee meeting","ar":"مؤشرات مالية وذهبية وردت في اجتماع اللجنة","fr":"Indicateurs financiers et aurifères présentés au comité","es":"Indicadores financieros y del oro presentados al comité"},"description":{"tr":"Gösterge kapsamı ve dönemleri kaynakta belirtildiği şekildedir.","en":"Indicator scopes and periods follow the source report.","ar":"نطاق المؤشرات وفتراتها كما وردت في المصدر.","fr":"Périmètre et périodes des indicateurs selon la source.","es":"Alcance y períodos de los indicadores según la fuente."},"methodology":{"tr":"WAM’ın 8 Ekim 2026 tarihli haberindeki değerler aktarılmıştır. Yaklaşık değerler yaklaşık olarak etiketlenmiştir; yüzde 13–15 aralığı tek sayıya çevrilmemiştir. BAE altın tonajı Dubai’ye atfedilmemiştir. Hacim, stok veya yatırım girişi olarak yorumlanmamalıdır.","en":"Values are transcribed from WAM's 8 October 2026 report. Approximate figures remain qualified; the 13–15% range is not reduced to a point value. UAE gold tonnage is not attributed to Dubai. Trading volume is not treated as a stock or investment inflow.","ar":"نُقلت القيم من تقرير وام بتاريخ 8 أكتوبر 2026. وظلت القيم التقريبية موصوفة بذلك، ولم يُختزل نطاق 13–15% إلى قيمة واحدة. ولم تُنسب كمية الذهب الإماراتية إلى دبي. ولا يعامل حجم التداول كرصد أو تدفق استثماري.","fr":"Les valeurs sont reprises de l’article de WAM du 8 octobre 2026. Les chiffres approximatifs restent qualifiés ; la fourchette de 13 à 15 % n’est pas réduite à une valeur ponctuelle. Le tonnage émirien n’est pas attribué à Dubaï. Le volume échangé n’est assimilé ni à un stock ni à un flux d’investissement.","es":"Las cifras se transcriben de la nota de WAM del 8 de octubre de 2026. Se mantienen los calificativos de aproximación y el rango del 13–15 % no se convierte en un valor puntual. El tonelaje de Emiratos no se atribuye a Dubái. El volumen negociado no se trata como saldo ni entrada de inversión."},"sourceUrls":["https://www.wam.ae/en/article/c2n1i04-maktoum-bin-mohammed-reviews-dubai-economic"],"updatedAt":"2026-10-08T19:46:42+00:00","columns":[{"key":"indicator","label":{"tr":"Gösterge","en":"Indicator","ar":"المؤشر","fr":"Indicateur","es":"Indicador"},"type":"text","language":"en"},{"key":"reported_value","label":{"tr":"Bildirilen değer","en":"Reported value","ar":"القيمة الواردة","fr":"Valeur rapportée","es":"Valor informado"},"type":"text","language":"en"},{"key":"period_scope","label":{"tr":"Dönem veya kapsam","en":"Period or scope","ar":"الفترة أو النطاق","fr":"Période ou périmètre","es":"Período o alcance"},"type":"text","language":"en"},{"key":"qualification","label":{"tr":"Niteleme","en":"Qualification","ar":"التوصيف","fr":"Qualification","es":"Calificación"},"type":"text","language":"en"}],"rows":[{"indicator":"Dubai FinTech position in GFCI","reported_value":"1st; was 5th","period_scope":"September 2026 index; March 2026 comparison","qualification":"Ranking, not revenue or productivity"},{"indicator":"Licensed virtual-asset service providers","reported_value":"52","period_scope":"Dubai; at committee review","qualification":"Licensed provider count"},{"indicator":"Virtual-asset assets under management","reported_value":"AED28 billion","period_scope":"Dubai; at committee review","qualification":"Asset stock"},{"indicator":"Virtual-asset trading volume","reported_value":"About AED7.43 trillion","period_scope":"Previous 12 months","qualification":"Trading volume, not assets or inflow"},{"indicator":"Dubai Financial Market capitalisation","reported_value":"AED993.1 billion","period_scope":"End of Q3 2026","qualification":"Market capitalisation"},{"indicator":"DFM average daily trading value","reported_value":"+24.5%","period_scope":"As reported at Q3 2026 review","qualification":"Source does not state a comparison period in this item"},{"indicator":"DFM institutional share of trading value","reported_value":"71%","period_scope":"As reported at Q3 2026 review","qualification":"Share of trading value"},{"indicator":"New DFM investors","reported_value":"55,462; 72.1% international","period_scope":"First nine months of 2026","qualification":"New investor entries"},{"indicator":"DIFC active registered companies","reported_value":"More than 10,000","period_scope":"Dubai; at committee review","qualification":"Threshold; not represented as exactly 10,000"},{"indicator":"Dubai foreign gold trade","reported_value":"About AED1 trillion; +60% year on year","period_scope":"2025","qualification":"Approximate trade value"},{"indicator":"Physical gold trading in the UAE","reported_value":"Around 2,750 tonnes","period_scope":"UAE-wide","qualification":"Approximate physical volume; not Dubai-only"},{"indicator":"Dubai share of global gold trade","reported_value":"Estimated 13–15%","period_scope":"Annual estimate","qualification":"Range retained; not an exact point value"}]}]},"data_compilations":[{"id":"dubai-finance-gold-indicators","creator":{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://haberpaper.com/#organization","name":"Haber Paper","url":"https://haberpaper.com/"},"license":{"@type":"CreativeWork","@id":"https://haberpaper.com/en/data-terms/v1#license","name":"Haber Paper Original Data Compilation License 1.0","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/data-terms/v1"},"rights_scope":"Haber Paper original data arrangement, labels and methodology notes only; underlying source rights and permissions remain separate.","source_license_url":null}],"data_downloads":[{"id":"dubai-finance-gold-indicators","formats":{"json":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/dubai-gold-finance-indicators-2026/data/dubai-finance-gold-indicators?lang=en&format=json","csv":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/dubai-gold-finance-indicators-2026/data/dubai-finance-gold-indicators?lang=en&format=csv"}}],"content":{"paragraphs":["Dubai’s Higher Committee for the Development of the Economic and Financial Sector reviewed sector indicators and proposed directions for positioning the emirate as a gold hub on 8 October. Emirates News Agency (WAM) reported figures for financial-centre rankings, virtual-asset service providers, the Dubai Financial Market and the Dubai International Financial Centre. They do not cover one common period: some relate to September 2026 rankings, others to the third quarter or first nine months, while the gold-trade figures cover 2025. That timing matters. The figures should not be treated as one comparable measure of growth across the same interval.","WAM said Dubai moved from fifth to first in FinTech in the September 2026 Global Financial Centres Index, from fourth to second in Professional Services and from eighth to sixth in reputation. These are rankings within an index, not measures of sector revenue or productivity. The number of licensed Virtual Asset Service Providers under the Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority reached 52, assets under management AED28 billion, and trading volume over the previous 12 months approximately AED7.43 trillion, according to WAM. Trading volume is not an asset stock or capital inflow; the indicator also reflects the activity covered by licensed providers.","The Dubai Financial Market’s capitalisation stood at AED993.1 billion at the end of the third quarter of 2026. Average daily trading value rose 24.5%, and institutional investors accounted for 71% of traded value. The exchange added 55,462 investors in the first nine months, 72.1% of them international. DIFC was reported to have more than 10,000 active registered companies, including 592 wealth and asset-management firms and 1,933 FinTech and innovation firms. These measures use different denominators and periods. On their own they do not establish market depth, risk levels or the durability of activity over time.","The committee also reviewed six proposed strategic directions spanning the gold value chain: supply, refining, trade, storage, finance, price discovery, digital tokenisation and retail. WAM reported Dubai foreign gold trade of about AED1 trillion in 2025, up 60% year on year. Physical gold trading in the UAE was around 2,750 tonnes, while Dubai’s estimated share of global trade was 13–15%. Value flows and physical tonnage are separate measures; the UAE-wide volume should not be attributed to Dubai, and the share is a range rather than a precise point estimate. The committee approved an implementation committee, a governance step that does not mean the strategy is complete or has changed prices."],"key_points":[],"sections":[]},"text":"Dubai’s senior economic committee reviewed financial-centre data and proposed directions for a gold strategy; reported gold figures cover 2025, while most financial indicators are from 2026.\n\nDubai’s Higher Committee for the Development of the Economic and Financial Sector reviewed sector indicators and proposed directions for positioning the emirate as a gold hub on 8 October. Emirates News Agency (WAM) reported figures for financial-centre rankings, virtual-asset service providers, the Dubai Financial Market and the Dubai International Financial Centre. They do not cover one common period: some relate to September 2026 rankings, others to the third quarter or first nine months, while the gold-trade figures cover 2025. That timing matters. The figures should not be treated as one comparable measure of growth across the same interval.\n\nWAM said Dubai moved from fifth to first in FinTech in the September 2026 Global Financial Centres Index, from fourth to second in Professional Services and from eighth to sixth in reputation. These are rankings within an index, not measures of sector revenue or productivity. The number of licensed Virtual Asset Service Providers under the Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority reached 52, assets under management AED28 billion, and trading volume over the previous 12 months approximately AED7.43 trillion, according to WAM. Trading volume is not an asset stock or capital inflow; the indicator also reflects the activity covered by licensed providers.\n\nThe Dubai Financial Market’s capitalisation stood at AED993.1 billion at the end of the third quarter of 2026. Average daily trading value rose 24.5%, and institutional investors accounted for 71% of traded value. The exchange added 55,462 investors in the first nine months, 72.1% of them international. DIFC was reported to have more than 10,000 active registered companies, including 592 wealth and asset-management firms and 1,933 FinTech and innovation firms. These measures use different denominators and periods. On their own they do not establish market depth, risk levels or the durability of activity over time.\n\nThe committee also reviewed six proposed strategic directions spanning the gold value chain: supply, refining, trade, storage, finance, price discovery, digital tokenisation and retail. WAM reported Dubai foreign gold trade of about AED1 trillion in 2025, up 60% year on year. Physical gold trading in the UAE was around 2,750 tonnes, while Dubai’s estimated share of global trade was 13–15%. Value flows and physical tonnage are separate measures; the UAE-wide volume should not be attributed to Dubai, and the share is a range rather than a precise point estimate. The committee approved an implementation committee, a governance step that does not mean the strategy is complete or has changed prices.","corrections":[],"editorial_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"finance","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/finance-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic financial system with a vault door, columns and unmarked coins.","language":"en"},"section_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"finance","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/finance-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic financial system with a vault door, columns and unmarked coins.","language":"en"}}}