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Data indicated by the monthly publishing report issued by the Ministry of Investment, based on the data of the Capital Market and the Financial Market Authority, that the value of the ownership of foreign investors in the Saudi financial market amounted to 413 billion riyals in July 2025, high from 412 billion riyals in June of the same year. It is clear from the data that the value of the ownership of foreign investors recorded the highest ceiling in the last period of this year in January, when it reached 437 billion riyals.
The Capital Market Authority has made many efforts and procedures to raise the attractiveness of the Saudi financial market and enhance the entry of the foreign investor directly or indirectly, starting to allow foreign investors residing to invest in the Saudi stock market directly, allow foreign investors to enter the Saudi stock market through exchange agreements, allow qualified investors from foreign financial institutions to invest in listed securities, and allow investors to own investors Foreign strategies are strategic classes in listed companies, and allow foreign investors to invest in debt tools. And ending with the recent amendments to the rules regulating foreign investment in securities to facilitate the entry of the foreign investor in the Saudi financial market.
The Capital Market Authority seeks to contribute to achieving the goals of the Kingdom’s 2030 vision through the financial sector development program, which aims to find an attractive environment for all groups of local and international investors alike. Where the authority works to stimulate investment in the financial market and enhance its role in forming capital, in addition to developing infrastructure and enhancing its stability and raising the level of governance and transparency in it.
The authority also gave its attention to the development of the sukuk and debt tools market, which reflected positively on the market by adopting the largest package of organizational improvements since the launch of the sukuk and debt tools market during this year, which included alleviating organizational requirements and expanding the category of qualified investors.