The Gulf stock markets recorded trading in approximately 401.7 billion shares during 2025 recording a 19.5% jump over the previous year, with the value of shares traded surging to hit $618 billion, according to the latest data released by the GCC Statistical Centre.
There will be clear winners and losers across global stock markets should the US and Iran reach a peace deal this weekend, affirms Nigel Green, the CEO of deVere Group, one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory organisations.
