Non-institutional foreign ownership excluding Aramco falls to 9.38% last week

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Non-institutional foreign investors’ ownership in Tadawul-listed equities, excluding Saudi Aramco, declined to 9.38% (SAR 305 billion) in the week ended June 6, compared with 9.72% a year earlier, market data showed.

The ownership of non-institutional foreign investors is represented by swap holders, residents, and qualified foreign investors (QFIs). However, it does not include the strategic ownership of institutional investors.

GCC investors' ownership in Saudi equities, excluding Saudi Aramco, fell to 2.05% of the total market capitalization, or SAR 66.7 billion, by the end of the week.

Foreign investors’ ownership, including strategic partners, in Saudi equities, and excluding Saudi Aramco, retreated from 10.95% to 10.97%, or SAR 356.51 billion, for the week.

Meanwhile, institutional foreign investors, excluding Saudi Aramco, accounted for 1.58%, or SAR 51.5 billion, of the total foreign ownership in the Saudi market for the same week.