Foreign investors hiked stakes in 46 listed firms on Feb. 5

08/02/2018 Argaam Special

 

Qualified foreign investors (QFIs) increased their stakes in 46 Tadawul-listed firms on Monday, Feb. 5, while 52 companies saw foreign investors cutting stakes, market data compiled by Argaam showed.

 

Wataniya Insurance Co., Saudi Indian Co. for Cooperative Insurance (Wafa),and United Electronics Co. (eXtra) were the top companies seeing further purchases by foreign investors. 

 

Foreign investors raised their shareholdings in Wataniya by 0.84percent, and in Wafa and eXtra by 0.14 percent each.

 

Top Five Stocks Where QFIs Increased Stakes

Company

Previous stake

Current stake

Variation

Number of shares

Wataniya

 11.85%

12.69%

+0.84%

168,000

Wafa

 12.56%

 12.70%

+0.14%

14,497

eXtra

 6.73%

 6.87%

+0.14%

58,800

Budget Saudi

 12.01%

 12.12%

+0.11%

78,283

Anaam Holding

 1.14%

 1.25%

+0.11%

21,560

 

Meanwhile, The Company for Cooperative Insurance (Tawuniya) and Advanced Petrochemical Co. saw the highest stock sales by foreign investors, with QFIs offloading 0.15 percent and 0.14 percent of their holdings respectively.

 

Top Five Stocks Where QFIs Offloaded Stakes

Company

Previous stake

Current stake

Variation

Number of shares

Tawuniya

5.18%

 5.03%

(0.15%)

187,500

Advanced

 2.20%

 2.06%

(0.14%)

275,512

JAZADCO

 0.64%

 0.56%

(0.08%)

40,000

Shams

 2.46%

 2.39%

(0.07%)

7,105

MEDGULF

 10.58%

 10.52%

(0.06%)

24,000

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