Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH — The variety of particular person funding portfolios in Saudi Arabia’s essential inventory market rose by 13.5% year-on-year within the first quarter of 2025, reaching 13,562,817 portfolios, a rise of 1,611,246 in comparison with 11,951,571 portfolios in Q1 2024, in line with the Capital Market Authority’s quarterly statistical bulletin.
On a quarterly foundation, portfolio numbers grew by 3.6% in comparison with This autumn 2024, which had recorded 13,090,915 portfolios, marking a rise of 741,902 in simply three months.
The full variety of particular person traders holding these portfolios additionally grew by 7.7% year-on-year, reaching 6,764,464 traders, up by 484,780 from 6,279,684 in Q1 2024. In comparison with This autumn 2024, the variety of traders rose by 2.4% or 160,129 people.
Male traders accounted for 74.6% of all particular person portfolio holders, totaling 5,044,273, a year-on-year enhance of 8.2% or 381,933 traders. Quarter-on-quarter, the variety of male traders rose by 2.5%.
Feminine traders represented 25.4% of the overall, with 1,720,191 feminine portfolio holders, a 6.4% enhance year-on-year and a 2.2% enhance quarter-on-quarter, including 102,847 and 37,165 traders respectively.