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title: "DFM General Index: Methodology"
description: "DFM General Index is maintained by Dubai Financial Market and covers dubai equity benchmark. How the index selects and weights its constituents, and what that means for what it measures."
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# DFM General Index: What It Measures and How It Is Built







## Direct Answer



> The DFM General Index is a rule-based measurement of dubai equity benchmark, maintained by Dubai Financial Market. Like every index it owns nothing: it is a number produced by applying a published weighting formula to a selected list of companies, revised on a schedule the provider sets.








## What this index covers



The DFM General Index covers dubai equity benchmark, within the UAE market. Dubai Financial Market defines which securities are eligible, how they are selected from that pool, and how much each one contributes to the published number.



The index name does not state a fixed company count, so the number of constituents follows the eligibility rules rather than a target.








## How constituents are weighted



Swoopr has not verified the weighting method for this index against Dubai Financial Market's current methodology document, so none is stated here rather than guessed. The provider link below is authoritative.








## Current DFM General Index constituents



Dubai Financial Market publishes and licenses the DFM General Index constituent list. Swoopr does not republish it here. The provider's own page is the authoritative source for current membership and weights.


        






## Related reading



- [All stock market indexes](https://www.getswoopr.com/stocks/indexes/): how indexes are built, weighted and revised.
- [Global indexes](https://www.getswoopr.com/stocks/indexes/global/): others covering the same region.
- [Index concentration](https://www.getswoopr.com/technical-analysis/market-concentration/index-concentration/): measuring how much of an index sits in its largest holdings.
- [Index rebalancing and inclusion effects](https://www.getswoopr.com/stocks/corporate-actions-catalysts/index-rebalancing-and-inclusion-effects/): what happens to a stock when index membership changes.








## Frequently Asked Questions


### Who maintains the DFM General Index?



Dubai Financial Market maintains the DFM General Index and publishes the methodology document that defines its eligibility and weighting rules.




### What does the DFM General Index measure?



It measures dubai equity benchmark. The index is a calculated number applying a weighting formula to a selected list of companies, and it holds nothing itself.




### Where can I see the current DFM General Index constituents?



Dubai Financial Market publishes the current constituent list. Swoopr does not republish it, because index providers license constituent data and Swoopr holds no such licence.











## About the author



The [Swoopr Editorial Team](https://www.getswoopr.com/authors/swoopr-editorial-team/) writes Swoopr Investment's educational library, covering market structure, analysis methods and the mechanics behind the numbers investors read every day.



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