Saudi trades in US equities fall to SAR 58.6B in Q2 2024

08/09/2024 Argaam Special
US stock trading hall

US stock trading hall


Saudi investors executed sell and buy transactions on US equities of SAR 58.6 billion through capital market institutions in Q2 2024, a year-on-year (YoY) fall of about SAR 1.25 billion, or 2%.

 

Saudi trades in US stocks through capital market institutions recorded a 6% decline (SAR 3.75 billion) from SAR 62.3 billion in Q1 2024, the Capital Market Authority (CMA) said in a report.

 

The CMA report on the traded 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 development in Saudi transactions on US equities:

 

Saudi Trades in US Equities

Period

Value

(SAR mln)

YoY Change

Q1 2022

85896

+10%

Q2 2022

147438

+143%

Q3 2022

99497

+96%

Q4 2022

50346

+9%

Q1 2023

58841

(31%)

Q2 2023

59812

(59%)

Q3 2023

42594

(57%)

Q4 2023

58734

+17%

Q1 2024

62313

+6%

Q2 2024

58559

(2%)

 
 

Saudi transactions in the US market accounted for nearly 95% of the total second-quarter trading by Saudis in foreign markets, which stood at SAR 61.9 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 Q2 2024:

 

Traded Value by Authorized Market Institutions in Foreign Markets

Region

Value (SAR mln)

Ratio

US

58559

94.6 %

GCC

1169

1.9 %

Asian

478

0.8 %

European

117

0.2 %

Arabian

25

0.04 %

Other

1522

2.5 %

Total

61870

100.0%

 

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