US market trading screen
Saudi investors traded US stocks through brokerage companies licensed by the Capital Market Authority (CMA), worth SAR 77.4 billion, in Q1 2021, a surge of 162%, compared with SAR 29.6 billion a year earlier.
On a quarterly basis, Saudi trading in US stocks recorded a decrease of SAR 20.8 billion in Q1 2021 compared to SAR 98.2 billion in Q4 2020.
The US stocks rose remarkably last year, with the Dow Jones Index and S&P 500 gaining 7.8% and 5.8%, respectively. Similarly, NASDAQ index grew 2.8%.
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Saudis’ Trading in US Stocks |
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Period |
Value (SAR mln) |
Variation |
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Q1 2016 |
6896 |
-- |
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Q2 2016 |
6087 |
-- |
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Q3 2016 |
7138 |
+39% |
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Q4 2016 |
4183 |
(45%) |
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Q1 2017 |
7992 |
+16% |
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Q2 2017 |
7715 |
+27% |
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Q3 2017 |
8497 |
+19% |
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Q4 2017 |
6816 |
+63% |
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Q1 2018 |
11785 |
+47% |
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Q2 2018 |
11078 |
+44% |
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Q3 2018 |
7204 |
(15%) |
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Q4 2018 |
11558 |
+70% |
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Q1 2019 |
11085 |
(6%) |
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Q2 2019 |
6472 |
(42%) |
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Q3 2019 |
14682 |
+104% |
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Q4 2019 |
13561 |
+17% |
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Q1 2020 |
29552 |
+167% |
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Q2 2020 |
81338 |
+1157% |
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Q3 2020 |
114246 |
+678% |
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Q4 2020 |
98229 |
+624% |
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Q1 2021 |
77410 |
+162% |
Saudi investors' traded value of US stocks accounted for 98% of their total traded value in overseas markets, reaching SAR 79.1 billion.
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Trading Values by Authorized Persons in Foreign Markets (buy, sell) |
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Market |
Value (SAR mln) |
Ratio (%) |
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US |
77410 |
98.0% |
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GCC |
904 |
1.1% |
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Europe |
306 |
0.4% |
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Arabian |
198 |
0.3% |
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Asian |
48 |
0.1% |
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Other |
186 |
0.2% |
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Total |
79052 |
100% |
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