Foreign investors hiked stakes in 42 listed firms on Sunday

28/02/2018 Argaam Special

Qualified foreign investors (QFIs) increased their stakes in 42 Tadawul-listed firms on Sunday, Feb. 25, while 40 companies saw foreign investors cutting stakes, market data compiled by Argaam showed.

Saudi Arabia Refineries Co. (SARCO), Saudi Indian Company for Cooperative Insurance (Wafa) and Al Tayyar Travel Group were the top companies seeing further purchases by foreign investors. 

Foreign investors raised their shareholdings in SARCO by 0.37 percent, and in Wafa and Al Tayyar by 0.23 percent and 0.19 percent, respectively.

Top Five Stocks Where QFIs Increased Stakes

Company

Previous stake

Current stake

Variation

Number of shares

SARCO

1.67%

2.04%

+0.37%

55,500

Wafa

13.00%

13.23%

+0.23%

23,817

Al Tayyar

9.86%

10.05%

+0.19%

398,335

Budget Saudi

14.55%

14.62%

+0.07%

49,817

Al Hokair Group

1.37%

1.44%

+0.07%

38,500

Meanwhile, Saudi Industrial Export Co. (SIECO) and Ash-Sharqiyah Development Co. saw the highest stock sales by foreign investors, with QFIs offloading 0.22 percent and 0.17 of their holdings, respectively.

Top Five Stocks Where QFIs Offloaded Stakes

Company

Previous stake

Current stake

Variation

Number of shares

SIECO

1.65%

1.43%

(0.22%)

2,376

Ash-Sharqiyah

0.99%

0.82%

(0.17%)

12,750

Tihama

1.70%

1.59%

(0.11%)

8,250

FIPCO

0.92%

0.83%

(0.09%)

10,350

Amana

5.48%

5.41%

(0.07%)

9,800


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