Saudi Stock Market
Article1 : Saudi Arabia Stock Market Opens to Foreigners
Columnist : Brad Bourland Chief Economist,
Saudi American Bank
In early November the Saudi Finance Minister announced that
foreigners, whether resident in Saudi Arabia or not, could now invest in
the Kingdom's stock market through purchase and sale of mutual funds
that trade in Saudi stocks. Before this, the only option available to
foreigners who wanted to invest in Saudi stocks was a single closed-end
mutual fund, the Saudi Arabia Investment Fund (SAIF), traded in
London. As a "closed-end" fund, SAIF limited foreign money in the
Saudi market to the $250 million initial size of the fund when launched in
1997.
The combination of this news, the continued strength of oil prices, and
the drumbeat of economic reforms being announced in Riyadh, has
given a strong boost to the Saudi market. Before the Minister's
announcement, the market had already moved up about 20 percent for
the year so far. Since the......
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