Foreign investors hiked stakes in 59 listed firms last Thursday

06/02/2018 Argaam Special

 

Qualified foreign investors (QFIs) increased their stakes in 59 Tadawul-listed firms last Thursday, while 45 companies saw foreign investors cutting stakes, market data compiled by Argaam showed.

 

National Medical Care Co. (Care), United International Transportation Co. Ltd. (Budget Saudi), and Tourism Enterprise Co. (Shams) were the top companies seeing further purchases by foreign investors. 

 

Foreign investors raised their shareholdings in Care by 0.5 percent, and in Budget Saudi and Shams by 0.41 and 0.13 percent respectively.

 

Top Five Stocks Where QFIs Increased Stakes

Company

Previous stake

Current stake

Variation

Number of shares

Care

 7.89%

8.39%

+0.50%

224,250

Budget Saudi

 11.50%

 11.91%

+0.41%

291,783

Shams

 2.36%

 2.49%

+0.13%

13,195

Gulf General

 2.01%

 2.14%

+0.13%

26,000

eXtra

 6.51%

 6.64%

+0.13%

54,600

 

Meanwhile, Malath Cooperative Insurance Co. and Al Hammadi Company for Development and Investment saw the highest stock sales by foreign investors, with QFIs offloading 0.25 percent and 0.14 percent of their holdings respectively.

 

Top Five Stocks Where QFIs Offloaded Stakes

Company

Previous stake

Current stake

Variation

Number of shares

Malath

20.48%

 20.23%

(0.25%)

125,000

Al Hammadi

 3.28%

 3.14%

(0.14%)

168,000

Buruj

 2.30%

 2.19%

(0.11%)

27,500

Tihama

 1.65%

 1.56%

(0.09%)

6,750

Salama

 11.63%

 11.58%

(0.05%)

12,500

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