Foreign investors hiked stakes in 47 listed firms last Tuesday

11/03/2018 Argaam Special

 

Qualified foreign investors (QFIs) increased their stakes in 47 Tadawul-listed firms on Tuesday, March 6, while 36 companies saw foreign investors cutting stakes, market data compiled by Argaam showed.

 

Methanol Chemicals Co. (Chemanol), United International Transportation Ltd. (Budget Saudi) and Saudi Company for Hardware (SACO) were the top companies seeing further purchases by foreign investors. 

 

Foreign investors raised their shareholdings in Chemanol by 0.25 percent, and in Budget Saudi and SACO by 0.19 percent and 0.16 percent, respectively.

 

Top Five Stocks Where QFIs Increased Stakes

Company

Previous stake

Current stake

Variation

Number of shares

Petrochem

 3.05%

 3.30%

+0.25%

301,500

Budget Saudi

 15.07%

 15.26%

+0.19%

135,217

SACO

 9.17%

 9.33%

+0.16%

38,400

Dar Al-Arkan

 2.51%

 2.62%

+0.11%

1,188,000

Malath

 19.94%

 20.01%

+0.07%

35,000

 

Meanwhile, Al-Babtain Power and Telecommunications Co. and Al Tayyar Travel Group saw the highest stock sales by foreign investors, with QFIs offloading 0.26 and 0.21 percent of their holdings, respectively.

 

Top Five Stocks Where QFIs Offloaded Stakes

Company

Previous stake

Current stake

Variation

Number of shares

Al-Babtain

 1.55%

 1.29%

(0.26%)

110,841

Al Tayyar

 10.81%

 10.60%

(0.21%)

440,265

Advanced

 1.70%

 1.55%

(0.15%)

295,191

Al Ahlia

 9.41%

 9.27%

(0.14%)

44,800

Wataniya

 12.48%

 12.35%

(0.13%)

26,000

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