Saudi trades in US equities still on record-breaking streak, hit SAR 193B

Saudi investors are turning to high-performing US equities at a record pace

Saudi investors executed sell and buy transactions on US equities worth SAR 193.4 billion in Q2 2025, marking a year-on-year (YoY) increase of nearly SAR 135 billion, or 230%.

Saudi trading in the US stock market during Q2 2025 was the highest on record, according to data issued by the Capital Market Authority (CMA).

Trading jumped by 18%, or SAR 29 billion, in Q2 2025, compared to SAR 164.31 billion in Q1 2025.

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 transactions in the US market accounted for nearly 98.6% of total trading by Saudis in foreign markets during Q2 2025, which reached SAR 196.22 billion.

Elsewhere, Saudi investors’ trades in GCC markets also grew 88% YoY to SAR 2.2 billion during the same quarter.