Foreign investors hiked stakes in 46 listed firms last Thursday

23/01/2018 Argaam Special

 

Qualified foreign investors (QFIs) with shareholdings in Saudi-listed firms increased their stakes in 46 firms last Thursday, while 38 listed companies saw foreign investors cutting stakes, market data compiled by Argaam showed.

 

National Medical Care Co. (Care), Saudi Co. for Hardware (SACO) and Al Tayyar Travel Group Holding Co. were the top companies seeing further purchases by foreign investors. 

 

Foreign investors raised their shareholdings in Care by 0.72 percent, and in SACO and A Tayyar by 0.33 and 0.18 percent respectively.

 

Top five stocks where QFIs increased stakes

Company

Previous stake

Current stake

Variation

Number of shares

Care

5.07%

5.79%

+0.72%

322,920

SACO

7.09%

7.42%

+0.33%

79,200

Al Tayyar

7.51%

7.69%

+0.18%

377,370

Al Khaleej Training

5.55%

5.65%

+0.10%

40,000

Dar Al-Arkan

2.02%

2.10%

+0.08%

864,000

 

Meanwhile, Abdullah A M Al-Khodari Sons Co. and Jazan Energy and Development Co. (JAZADCO) saw the highest stock sales by foreign investors, with QFIs offloading 0.07 percent and 0.06 percent of their holdings respectively.

 

Top five stocks where QFIs offloaded stakes

Company

Previous stake

Current stake

Variation

Number of shares

Al-Khodari

1.30%

1.23%

(0.07%)

37,188

JAZADCO

0.70%

0.64%

(0.06%)

30,000

UCA

1.47%

1.41%

(0.06%)

29,400

Aljazira REIT

2.66%

2.60%

(0.06%)

7,080

Shams

3.11%

3.06%

(0.05%)

5,075

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