Abu Dhabi, August 13 (WAM) - The Abu Dhabi Securities Market (ADSM), one of the fastest-growing financial markets in the world, has become the first market in the Middle East and North Africa to provide investors, institutions, developers, and participants with access to official real-time market data through conversational AI tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, and other large language models.

This integration marks the first time that investors in the region can query financial market data directly in natural language via the AI platforms they already use, without the need for specialized platforms or complex API interfaces or technical intermediaries.

Using a governed server based on the Model Context Protocol (MCP) protocol, ADSM opens up a new channel to enhance market transparency, awareness, and financial inclusion, supporting wealth development and contributing to establishing an economy based on knowledge in Abu Dhabi and the UAE. This initiative represents a new approach to distributing, accessing, and benefiting from market information.

"Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming how investors access, analyze, and leverage information for their decision-making," said Abdullah Salem Al Nuaimi, CEO of the Abu Dhabi Securities Market Group. "As the first financial market in the Middle East and North Africa to connect directly with leading AI models, we are redefining how the investment community benefits from market data to make informed decisions directly, easily, and effectively."

He added that by removing the technical barriers that previously required special settings, everyone can now access Abu Dhabi Securities Market’s real-time data through simple queries. He described this step as contributing to enhancing market transparency, expanding financial participation, and providing an investment system that is easier to access while strengthening the position of the Abu Dhabi Securities Market as a key pillar in developing capital markets in Abu Dhabi and the UAE, and at the same time aligning with the emirate’s vision for building a knowledge-based economy supported by artificial intelligence.

The Abu Dhabi Securities Market's Model Context Protocol (MCP) framework provides secure access to core market data on demand, for use through AI assistants and AI agent-based workflows.

Users can set up AI applications to access and read official market data sources via a unified and simple protocol.

The service is available in four usage packages, starting from a free package and going up to 49.99 AED per month, with clear limits for each package including usage volume, data update rate, historical data range, and number of concurrent connections.

Through this integration, users can access “market depth data for each security, bid-ask spreads, price discovery indicators as well as a range of trading statistics, including individual investor flows versus institutional investors and foreign versus local investor flows, along with access to regulated financial disclosures in XBRL format that are machine-readable and the full components of indices and associated reference data.

The service is designed to meet the needs of a wide range of market participants, where fintech developers and research firms can leverage the data to develop custom analytical and research tools, and extract insights supported by AI.

Brokerage firms can also develop AI-powered trading assistants under their own brand, enhancing active investor engagement while institutional investors receive direct data from the source on trade order book history with low latency, along with accurate and segmented investor flows of data.

Individual investors can ask questions in natural language and get official, real-time, advanced market information through AI platforms they already use.

The launch will contribute to the Abu Dhabi Securities Market’s strategy to expand access to capital markets, develop the market infrastructure, and support the building of an increasingly technology-driven investment ecosystem.

By facilitating access to official market data through AI, ADGM is expanding the use of market information to a wider range of investors, institutions, researchers and innovators.