12:49 - 8.04.2026

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April 8, Fineko/abc.az. The income on the strategy of investments in stock indices of the State Oil Fund of Azerbaijan (SOFAZ) reached $9.4 billion by the end of 2025.

ABC.AZ informs that by the end of 2024, this figure was $6.3 billion. Thus, in 2025 alone, the income on SOFAZ share portfolio increased by $3.1 billion, or 49%.

Since the formation of the portfolio, the total return on investments has reached 330%.

In general, the current value of SOFAZ share portfolio has increased from $13.4 billion in 2024 up to $16.5 billion by the end of 2025.

SOFAZ noted that investments in stocks are carried out mainly on the basis of the MSCI World Index, which, as of the end of 2025, covered shares of 1,320 companies from 23 developed countries. The combined market capitalization of these companies increased from $77 trillion up to $91 trillion over the year.

72% of the companies in which the SOFAZ invests are located in the USA, 5.5% in Japan, 3.6% in the UK and 3.4% in Canada. Other countries account for less than 3% of the portfolio.

By industry, 27% of investments account for the information technologies sector, 17% for the financial sector, 11% for the industrial sector, 10% for the consumer goods sector and about 9-10% for the healthcare sector.