Foreigners: SAR 1200 m net sellers of Saudi equity in October

Non-resident foreign investors sold SAR 2892 million worth of shares in October, 2014 through swap agreements in the Saudi stock exchange, Tadawul, according to a report on the bourse’s website.

The value of shares purchased by foreigners was SAR 1693 million for the same period, making SAR 1200 million of net sales.

The swap contracts allow non-resident foreign investors to trade on the Saudi exchange indirectly through authorized local firms.

The following table shows non-resident foreigners’ SWAP in Saudi Arabia since January 2014:

SWAP details in 2014(SAR million)
Net investment	Sales	Purchases	Month
81	1935	2016	January
300	1399	1699	February
(118)	2132	2014	March
(882)	2791	1909	April
(431)	1991	1560	May
(1591)	3250	1659	June
1880	1650	3530	July
699	1736	2435	August
(286)	1984	1698	September
(1199)	2892	1693	October
(1547)	21670	20213	Total

Saudi individuals continued to sell for the 74th consecutive month with net sales of SAR 46.2bn since the beginning of 2014 as shown in the following table:

The value of shares traded by Saudi individuals in 2014 (SAR billion)
Net investment	Sales	Purchases	Month
(4.2)	122.6	118.4	January2014
(6.7)	120.1	113.4	February2014
(6.9)	174.9	168.0	March2014
(4.2)	212.2	208.0	April2014
(4.7)	222.0	217.3	May2014
(5.0)	161.2	156.2	June2014
(6.0)	111.0	105.0	July2014
(4.3)	190.3	186.0	August2014
(1.5)	180.9	179.4	September2014
(2.7)	116.6	113.9	October2014
(46.2)	1611.8	1565.6	Total

Saudi institutions continued buying to reach net purchases of SAR 46 bn in 2014

The value of shares traded by Saudi institutions in 2014(SAR billion)
Net investment	Sales	Purchases	Month
4.1	9.9	14.0	January2014
5.3	9.7	15.0	February2014
7.0	11.3	18.3	March2014
5.2	10.7	15.9	April2014
4.7	12.8	17.5	May2014
6.7	10.2	16.9	June2014
3.3	6.1	9.4	July2014
2.8	10.6	13.4	August2014
2.5	12.7	15.2	September2014
4.4	8.1	12.5	October2014
46.0	102.1	148.1	Total

The following are the Saudi market’s trading details in October 2014:

October 2014 trading (SAR billion)
Net investment	Sales	Purchases	Type
(2.7)	116.6	113.9	Saudi individuals
+4.4	8.1	12.5	Saudi institutions
(0.04)	0.27	0.23	GCC individuals
(0.31)	2.67	2.36	GCC institutions
(0.06)	2.30	2.24	Resident individuals
(1.20)	2.89	1.69	SWAP

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