Tadawul: Net foreign buys up to SAR 11.4B in H1 2024, Saudis net buyers of SAR 11B

Tadawul trading screen

Foreign investors were net buyers of about SAR 11.43 billion worth of stocks on the Saudi Exchange (Tadawul) in H1 2024, registering a hike of 50% from SAR 7.63 billion in H1 2023, according to data issued by Tadawul.

Foreign investors bought SAR 267.09 billion worth of shares and sold shares at a total value of SAR 255.64 billion in H1 2024.

Foreign investments include SWAP agreements, qualified investors, resident investors, discretionary portfolio management (DPMs), and strategic partners. 

June recorded the highest value of net foreign purchases of SAR 10.60 billion, as Aramco concluded a secondary public offering of 1.54 billion of its shares, constituting about 0.64% of the company’s issued shares.

The table below shows the value of shares traded by foreign investors in the Saudi market during H1 2024:

Net purchases of Saudi individuals among all categories amounted to SAR 10.97 billion in H1 2024, compared to SAR 4.66 billion a year earlier.

Total purchases by Saudi investors stood at SAR 589.92 billion, against net sales worth SAR 578.94 billion.

Saudi investors include retail, high-net-worth, and individual professional investors, as well as individual DPMs.

June recorded the highest net retail purchases of SAR 6.68 billion during the six-month period, as follows: