Saudi trades in US equities hit record high at SAR 164.3B in Q1 2025

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Saudi investors executed sell and buy transactions on US equities totaling SAR 164.3 billion in Q1 2025, an increase of nearly SAR 102 billion, or 164% year-on-year (YoY), according to data issued by the Capital Market Authority (CMA).

Saudi trading in the US stock market reached an all-time high.

Trading jumped by 61%, or SAR 62.1 billion, in Q1 2025, compared to SAR 102.2 billion in Q4 2024.

The CMA report on the trading value of local authorized brokers in the global markets does not include either details on the number of Saudi portfolios abroad, the number of investors trading directly through foreign brokers, or their trading volumes.

The following table shows Saudi transactions in US equities:

*Updated data

The transactions in the US market accounted for nearly 99% of total trading by Saudis in foreign markets during Q1 2025, which reached SAR 166.2 billion.

The table below details sell and buy transactions in US equities through authorized market institutions in Q1 2025: