52% of Capital.com’s H1 Trading Volume Came from MENA, UAE Traders Lead

Capital.com today (Tuesday) revealed that 52 per cent of its trading volume in the first half of 2025 came from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). UAE traders were the most active, generating 71.7 per cent of the region’s total volume.

MENA Is Now Big for Capital.com

In absolute terms, Capital.com handled $804.1 billion in trading volume in MENA, a 53.3 per cent increase compared with the previous six months.

Demand from MENA also outpaced Europe, where traders contributed $224 billion in volume in H1 2025, or 14.9 per cent of the global total. That figure rose from $172.5 billion in H2 2024.

Germany was the largest European market, with $86 billion in trading volume, followed by Italy with $25.7 billion.

“The MENA region continues to show remarkable momentum, with traders demonstrating both confidence and sophistication in their approach,” said Tarik Chebib, CEO of Capital.com MENA. “At the same time, Europe remains a solid contributor to our global performance, reinforcing our position as a truly international platform.”

Chebib is one of four regional CEOs at Capital.com, which no longer operates under a single Group CEO.

Overall, Capital.com handled $1.5 trillion in trading volume between January and June, an increase of 42.5 per cent from the prior six months. FinanceMagnates.com earlier reported that the broker’s trading volume reached $656 billion in Q1 and $849.6 billion in Q2.

Despite MENA dominating volumes, Capital.com had only 35,000 traders in the region, compared with 61,400 in Europe. MENA traders executed 35,523,172 trades during H1 2025, against 26,368,824 trades in Europe.

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Indices Are Traders’ Favourite

Trading activity in MENA was heavily concentrated in indices and commodities. According to the broker, MENA traders generated $444.34 billion across index markets.

“Strong performance from tech and AI-driven companies such as NVIDIA, Microsoft and Alphabet cemented the Nasdaq-100 as one of the most actively traded benchmarks globally,” Chebib added.

“For traders, this combination of volatility, recovery momentum and sector leadership made index markets—especially the Nasdaq-100—highly attractive. This helps explain the significant tilt toward index trading in MENA and across Capital.com’s global platform in H1 2025 compared with H2 2024.”