This article sheds light on the performance of capital markets’ constituent sectors as well as their exceptional performance witnessed by the end of the year 2013. The Dubai Financial Market General Index closed at high for 2013, up over 68%, thus topping the list of the best performing markets in the Middle East. Moreover, the total trading volume of the year surpassed that of the past three years collectively, with the market value for locally listed companies’ shares reached around Dhs 464 billion, securing a 70.45% increase.