Foreign investors hiked stakes in 63 listed firms on last Tuesday

18/03/2018 Argaam Special

Qualified foreign investors (QFIs) increased their stakes in 63 Tadawul-listed firms on Tuesday, March 13, while 52 companies saw foreign investors cutting stakes, market data compiled by Argaam showed.

United International Transportation Co. Ltd. (Budget Saudi), AXA Cooperative Insurance Co. and Herfy Food Services Co. were the top companies seeing further purchases by foreign investors. 

Foreign investors raised their shareholdings in Budget Saudi by 0.18 percent, and in AXA and Herfy by 0.16 percent and 0.15 percent, respectively.

Top Five Stocks Where QFIs Increased Stakes

Company

Previous stake

Current stake

Variation

Number of shares

Budget Saudi

15.91%

16.09%

+0.18%

128,100

AXA

23.84%

24.00%

+0.16%

72,000

Herfy

9.99%

10.14%

+0.15%

97,020

eXtra

7.39%

7.53%

+0.14%

58,800

Advanced

2.06%

2.16%

+0.10%

196,794

Meanwhile, Sahara Petrochemical Co. and The Company for Cooperative Insurance (Tawuniya) saw the highest stock sales by foreign investors, with QFIs offloading 0.38 and 0.31 percent of their holdings, respectively.

Top Five Stocks Where QFIs Offloaded Stakes

Company

Previous stake

Current stake

Variation

Number of shares

Sahara

1.65%

1.27%

(0.38%)

1,667,421

Tawuniya

4.58%

4.27%

(0.31%)

387,500

Gulf Union

3.31%

3.14%

(0.17%)

25,500

Dallah

4.23%

4.12%

(0.11%)

64,900

MEPCO

1.68%

1.60%

(0.08%)

40,000


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