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6/23/25, 9:36 AM UAE infrastructure stocks likely to boom as country embarks on ambitious projects | Khaleej Times
UAE infrastructure stocks likely to boom as country

embarks on ambitious projects

UAE pushes forward with infrastructure expansion as global markets fluctuate

Published: Sun 22 Jun 2025, 4:16 PM

Somshankar Bandyopadhyay
By: Somshankar Bandyopadhyay Share: Follow us

A man watches a screen displaying the stock indices at the Dubai Financial Market.. Photo: AFP file

While the summer season is usually a quieter period for financial markets due to widespread investor
holidays, global sentiment remains overshadowed by persistent geopolitical tensions this summer.
Escalating concerns over US tariff measures and the intensifying Israel–Iran conflict, with US
entering the war on Sunday, have cast a pall over risk appetite, driving cautious investor positioning

and heightened market volatility.

Yet, against this backdrop of global unease, the UAE is pressing ahead with an ambitious slate of

infrastructure projects, using the relative calm of the summer months to accelerate key
developments. With lighter traffic during the holiday stretch, authorities are fast-tracking

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