Foreign investors hiked stakes in 47 listed firms last Wednesday

12/03/2018 Argaam Special

 

Qualified foreign investors (QFIs) increased their stakes in 47 Tadawul-listed firms on Wednesday, March 7, while 36 companies saw foreign investors cutting stakes, market data compiled by Argaam showed.

 

Bupa Arabia Cooperative Insurance Co., United Electronics Co. (eXtra) and National Medical Care Co. (Care) were the top companies seeing further purchases by foreign investors. 

 

Foreign investors raised their shareholdings in Bupa Arabia by 0.16 percent, and in eXtra and Care by 0.15 percent and 0.14 percent, respectively.

 

Top Five Stocks Where QFIs Increased Stakes

Company

Previous stake

Current stake

Variation

Number of shares

Bupa Arabia

 41.41%

 41.57%

+0.16%

128,000

eXtra

 6.89%

 7.04%

+0.15%

63,000

Care

 9.99%

 10.13%

+0.14%

62,790

AXA

 23.80%

 23.89%

+0.09%

40,500

Herfy

 9.83%

 9.92%

+0.09%

58,212

 

Meanwhile, Alandalus Property Co. and Saudi Industrial Exports Co. (SIECO) saw the highest stock sales by foreign investors, with QFIs offloading 0.23 and 0.22 percent of their holdings, respectively.

 

Top Five Stocks Where QFIs Offloaded Stakes

Company

Previous stake

Current stake

Variation

Number of shares

Alandalus

1.45%

 1.22%

(0.23%)

161,000

SIECO

 1.79%

 1.57%

(0.22%)

2,376

Al Tayyar

 10.60%

 10.44%

(0.16%)

335,440

SARCO

 1.90%

 1.77%

(0.13%)

19,500

Wataniya

 12.35%

 12.22%

(0.13%)

26,000

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