Capital.com recently revealed new trading data. Traders from the MENA region, or Middle East and North Africa, accounted for 52 percent of its H1 2025 trading volume. Generating 71.1 per cent of the total volume of the region, UAE traders were the most active.
Capital.com handled $804.1 billion in trading volume in MENA in absolute terms. This is a 53.3 per cent increase in comparison with the last six months.
Demand from MENA also outpaced Europe. Traders contributed $224 billion in volume in the first half of the year. This accounted for 14.9 percent of the global total. That figure rose from $172.5 billion in the H2 of the past year.
With $86 billion in trading volume, Germany was the biggest European market. Italy follows with $25.7 billion.
Capital.com MENA’s CEO, Tarik Chebib, said the region continues to show remarkable momentum. Traders there demonstrate both confidence and sophistication in their approach. At the same time, Europe remains a strong contributor to the company’s global performance, reinforcing its 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.
All in all, Capital.com handled $1.5 trillion in trading volume between January and June. This is also an increase of 42.5 per cent from the prior six months. FinanceMagnates.com previously reported that the broker’s trading volume hit $656 billion in the first quarter. In the second quarter, it rose to $849.6 billion.
Capital.com had only 35,000 traders in the region in spite of MENA dominating volumes. This is in comparison with 61,400 in Europe. MENA traders executed 35,523,172 trades during the first half of the year, against 26,368,824 trades in Europe.
