Foreign investors hiked stakes in 45 listed firms last Sunday

24/01/2018 Argaam Special

Qualified foreign investors (QFIs) increased their stakes in 45 Tadawul-listed firms last Sunday, while 40 companies saw foreign investors cutting stakes, market data compiled by Argaam showed.

Saudi Company for Hardware (SACO) and Al Rajhi Company for Cooperative Insurance and Salama Cooperative Insurance Co. were the top companies seeing further purchases by foreign investors. 

Foreign investors raised their shareholdings in SACO by 0.46 percent, and in Al Rajhi Takakful and Salama by 0.31 and 0.18 percent respectively.

Top Five Stocks Where QFIs Increased Stakes

Company

Previous stake

Current stake

Variation

Number of shares

SACO

7.42%

7.88%

+0.46%

110,400

Al Rajhi Takaful

8.83%

9.14%

+0.31%

124,000

Salama

8.82%

9.00%

+0.18%

45,000

Care

5.79%

5.93%

+0.14%

62,790

Al Tayyar

7.69%

7.81%

+0.12%

251,580

 
 Meanwhile, Malath Cooperative Insurance Co. and AXA Cooperative Insurance Co. saw the highest stock sales by foreign investors, with QFIs offloading 0.28 percent and 0.26 percent of their holdings respectively.

Top Five Stocks Where QFIs Offloaded Stakes

Company

Previous stake

Current stake

Variation

Number of shares

Malath

21.48%

21.20%

(0.28%)

140,000

AXA

22.45%

22.19%

(0.26%)

117,000

SAICO

1.34%

1.22%

(0.12%)

30,000

Chubb Arabia

32.15%

32.06%

(0.09%)

18,000

Amana

5.23%

5.14%

(0.09%)

12,600


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