Foreign investors hiked stakes in 34 listed firms last Tuesday

19/08/2018 Argaam Special

 

Qualified foreign investors (QFIs) increased their stakes in 34 Tadawul-listed firms on Tuesday, Aug. 14, while 49 companies saw foreign investors cutting stakes, market data compiled by Argaam showed.

 

United Electronics Co. (eXtra), Saudi Indian Cooperative Insurance Co. (Wafa) and SABB Takaful Co. were the top companies seeing further purchases by foreign investors. 

 

Foreign investors raised their shareholdings in eXtra and Wafa by 0.19 percent each and in SABB Takaful by 0.07 percent.

 

Top Five Stocks Where QFIs Increased Stakes

Company

Previous stake

Current stake

Variation

Number of shares

eXtra

 11.36%

 11.55%

+0.19%

79,800

Wafa

 11.95%

 12.14%

+0.19%

19,000

SABB Takaful

 1.06%

 1.13%

+0.07%

23,800

Budget Saudi

 20.28%

 20.34%

+0.06%

42,700

MedGulf

 6.17%

 6.21%

+0.04%

16,000

 

Meanwhile, Saudi Enaya Cooperative Insurance Co. and Alinma Bank saw the highest stock sales by foreign investors, with QFIs offloading 0.08 percent and 0.07 percent of their holdings, respectively.

 

Top Five Stocks Where QFIs Offloaded Stakes

Company

Previous stake

Current stake

Variation

Number of shares

Saudi Enaya

 16.25%

 16.17%

(0.08%)

8,000

Alinma

 3.24%

 3.17%

(0.07%)

1,050,000

Al Rajhi

 5.82%

 5.76%

(0.06%)

975,000

Care

 16.31%

 16.25%

(0.06%)

26,910

Zain

 1.01%

 0.96%

(0.05%)

291,865

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