Foreign investors hiked stakes in 56 listed firms on Monday

18/01/2018 Argaam Special

 

Qualified foreign investors (QFIs) holding shareholdings in Saudi-listed firms increased their stakes in 56 firms on Monday, while 48 listed companies saw foreign investors cut stakes, market data compiled by Argaam showed.

 

National Medical care Co. (Care), Budget Saudi, and Buruj Cooperative Insurance Co. were the top companies seeing further purchases by foreign investors. 

 

Foreign investors raised their shareholdings in Care by 0.51 percent, and in Budget Saudi and Buruj by 0.23 and 0.21 percent respectively.

 

Top five stocks where QFIs increased stakes

Company

Previous stake

Current stake

Variation

Number of shares

Care

4.08%

4.59%

+0.51%

228,735

Budget

10.33%

10.56%

+0.23%

163,683

Buruj

1.59%

1.80%

+0.21%

52,500

Saudi Re

2.20%

2.37%

+0.17%

137,700

Adanced

2.04%

2.16%

+0.12%

236,153

 

Meanwhile, Malath Cooperative Insurance and Aldrees Petroleum and Transport Services saw the highest stock sales by foreign investors, with QFIs offloading 0.3 percent and 0.17 percent of their holdings respectively.

 

Top five stocks where QFIs offloaded stakes

Company

Previous stake

Current stake

Variation

Number of shares

Malath

21.89%

21.59%

(0.30%)

150,000

Aldrees

3.50%

3.33%

(0.17%)

85,000

Astra

16.11%

15.95%

(0.16%)

128,000

Salama

8.17%

8.05%

(0.12%)

30,000

Arabian Pipes

1.01%

0.94%

(0.07%)

28,000

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