Saudi trades in US equities fall 49% to SAR 20.2 bln in Q1 2023

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Saudi investors executed sell and buy transactions on US equities at a total value of SAR 20.2 billion through capital market institutions in Q1 2023, a year-on-year (YoY) fall of SAR 19.7 billion, or 49%.

Saudi trades in US stocks through capital market institutions recorded a rise of SAR 5.8 billion from SAR 14.4 billion in Q4 2022, the Capital Market Authority (CMA) said in a report.

The CMA report on the trading value of local brokers in the global markets does not include either details of 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 on US equities since Q1 2016:

The transactions in the US market accounted for nearly 92.3% of total trading by Saudis in foreign markets, which stood at SAR 21.9 billion, the market regulator added.

The table below highlights sell and buy transactions on US equities executed by Saudi investors through authorized market institutions in foreign markets in Q1 2023: