QFIs bought SAR 91 mln worth of Saudi stocks in December

02/01/2018 Argaam Special

 

Qualified foreign investors (QFIs) were net buyers of stocks worth SAR 91 million on the Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) in December, new data showed.

 

Foreign investors sold SAR 64.7 million worth of shares in December through swap agreements.

 

Saudi firms, except for managed portfolios, were net buyers of SAR 5.1 billion during the month, while net purchases of investment funds reached SAR 1.1 billion.

 

  Ownership by Nationality and Investor Type (SAR bln)

Net investment

Sales

Purchases

Investor Type

 

(5.5)

45.8

40.3

Retail

Saudi Investors

(0.3)

29.0

28.7

Major shareholders

(0.4)

2.6

2.2

Specialist investors

--

0.5

0.5

Managed portfolios

(6.2)

78.0

71.8

Total (retail)

+5.1

3.0

8.1

Institutions

+1.1

1.6

2.7

Investments funds

+1.2

0.1

1.3

Government agencies*

(1.4)

0.8

0.7

Managed portfolios

+6.1

5.4

11.5

Total (Institutional investors)

(0.2)

83.4

83.3

Total (Saudi investors)

--

0.2

0.2

Retail

GCC Investors

+0.4

0.7

1.1

Institutions

(1.9)

5.9

4.0

Managed portfolios*

+0.3

0.9

1.2

Total (GCC investors)

(0.1)

0.7

0.6

SWAP

Foreign Investors

(0.1)

1.6

1.4

Resident investors

+0.1

0.6

0.7

QFIs

(0.1)

0.2

0.1

Managed portfolios

--

--

--

Strategic partners

(0.2)

3.1

2.9

Total (foreign investors)

--

87.4

87.4

Total

 

* SAR mln

 

Ownership by Investment Type (SAR bln)

Net investment

Sales

Purchases

Investor Type

+6.0

10.8

16.8

Institutional investors

(6.0)

76.6

70.6

Non-institutional

--

87.4

87.4

Total

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