GCC markets log biggest foreign sell-off since 2019 as Saudi investors step up buying: Report

RIYADH: Foreign investors sold a net $2.3 billion of Gulf Cooperation Council stocks in the third quarter of 2026, the largest quarterly outflow since records began in 2019, according to a new report. Local investors cushioned the blow with net buying of $760.7 million, reversing second-quarter net selling of $921.2 million, investment firm Kamco Invest said. In Saudi Arabia, local investors switched to net purchases of SR5.6 billion ($1.49 billion), compared with net sales of SR5.8 billion prev