Abu Dhabi – The total capital of the public joint stock companies listed at the UAE Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA) is AED 295.2 billion (USD 80.4 billion), according to data made public this Thursday (8) by the SCA and published by the Emirates News Agency (WAM).
The capital of the companies listed at the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) is AED 109.7 billion (USD 29.9 billion). The total capital of non-listed companies is AED 98.4 billion (USD 26.8 billion).
The banking sector tops the ranking of listed companies regarding total capital with AED 71.8 billion (USD 19.5 billion), followed by the real estate sector, with AED 55 billion (USD 15 billion) and by the investments and other financial services sector with AED 51.5 billion (USD 14 billion).
Right after come the transportation sector, with AED 31.6 billion (USD 8.6 billion), services sector (AED 26.5 billion, or USD 7.2 billion), energy sector (AED 19 billion, or USD 5.2 billion) and the telecommunications sector (AED 13.2 billion, or USD 3.6 billion).
Among the emirates, Abu Dhabi comes first regarding the total capital of state-owned companies with AED 90 billion (USD 24.5 billion), followed by Dubai, with AED 50 billion (USD 13.6 billion) and Fujairah, with AED 10 billion (USD 2.7 billion).
Concerning private companies listed, Dubai comes first with a total capital of AED 110 billion (USD 30 billion), followed by Abu Dhabi (AED 57 billion, or USD 15.5 billion) and Sharjah (AED 21 billion, or USD 5.7 billion).
*Translated by Sérgio Kakitani
