Foreign investors hiked stakes in 62 listed firms on Tuesday July 10

15/07/2018 Argaam Special

 

Qualified foreign investors (QFIs) increased their stakes in 60 Tadawul-listed firms on Tuesday, July 10, while 43 companies saw foreign investors cutting stakes, market data compiled by Argaam showed.

 

Basic Chemical Industries Co. (BCI), Saudi Automated Services Co. (SASCO) and United Electronics Co. (eXtra) were the top companies seeing further purchases by foreign investors. 

 

Foreign investors raised their shareholdings in BCI by 0.30 percent, and in SASCO and eXtra by 0.23 percent, each.

 

Top Five Stocks Where QFIs Increased Stakes

Company

Previous stake

Current stake

Variation

Number of shares

BCI

 2.74%

 3.04%

+0.30%

82,500

SASCO

 1.26%

 1.49%

+0.23%

138,000

eXtra

 11.01%

 11.24%

+0.23%

96,600

Al Sorayai

 2.41%

 2.59%

+0.18%

40,500

Care

 16.64%

 16.75%

+0.11%

49,335

 

Meanwhile, Riyad REIT and Al Sagr Cooperative Insurance Co. saw the highest stock sales by foreign investors, with QFIs offloading 1.32 percent and 0.28 percent of their holdings, respectively.

 

Top Five Stocks Where QFIs Offloaded Stakes

Company

Previous stake

Current stake

Variation

Number of shares

Riyad REIT

 2.17%

 0.85%

(1.32%)

660,000

Al Sagr

 1.54%

 1.26%

(0.28%)

70,000

Salama

 9.43%

 9.19%

(0.24%)

60,000

Al Rajhi Takaful

 8.05%

 7.89%

(0.16%)

64,000

Budget Saudi

 20.14%

 20.04%

(0.10%)

71,167

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