QFIs bought SAR 65.5 mln worth of Saudi stocks last week

10/12/2017 Argaam Special

 

Qualified foreign investors (QFIs) bought SAR 176.5 million and sold SAR 110.9 million worth of Saudi stocks in the week ending Dec. 7, 2017, resulting in net buying of SAR 65.5 million, new data released by the Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) showed.

 

Foreign investors purchased SAR 97 million worth of shares through swap agreements.

 

Meanwhile, Saudi firms were net buyers during the week, with net purchases of SAR 1.24 billion. Net purchases of investment funds, on the other hand, came in at SAR 354.4 million. 

 

  Ownership by Nationality and Investor Type (SAR mln)

Net investment

Sales

Purchases

Investor Type

 

(1,770.2)

11,021.2

9,251.0

Retail

Saudi Investors

+ 394.6

7,164.3

7,558.9

Major shareholders

(253.5)

909.6

656.2

Specialist investors

(56.2)

117.9

61.7

Managed portfolios

(1,685.3)

19,213.0

17,527.7

Total (retail)

+1,242.3

845.3

2,087.6

Institutions

+ 354.4

306.4

660.8

Investments funds

+ 0.4

--

0.4

Government agencies

(73.0)

157.5

84.4

Managed portfolios

+ 1,524.0

1,309.2

2,833.2

Total (Institutional investors)

(161.3)

20,522.2

20,360.9

Total (Saudi investors)

+ 24.0

30.8

54.8

Retail

GCC Investors

+ 93.6

98.4

192.0

Institutions

--

--

--

Managed portfolios

+ 117.6

129.2

246.8

Total (GCC investors)

+ 97.0

109.1

206.1

SWAP

Foreign Investors

(69.0)

398.4

329.4

Resident investors

+ 65.5

110.9

176.5

QFIs

(49.9)

55.6

5.7

Managed portfolios

--

--

--

Strategic partners

+ 43.7

674.0

717.7

Total (foreign investors)

--

21,325.4

21,325.4

Total

 

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