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Alujain widens 2025 loss

The increase in loss is due to impairment charges, weaker prices.

Masar 2025 net profit $262m

Higher land plot sales boost revenue and operating income.

Tasnee’s 2025 losses deepen

The petrochemicals' company's revenue also fell 17.7 percent.

DP World 2025 revenue $24.4bn

The profit for the year up 32.2% to reach $1.96bn.

BYD 2025 revenue surges

The EV manufacturer reported net profit of $.3.3bn for 9M 2025.

Saudi PIF buys shares in Alphabet, Zoom, Microsoft

  • The Fund purchased 1.8 million shares of Microsoft, 4.7 million class A shares of Zoom, and 213,000 class A shares of Alphabet
  • It also acquired shares in JPMorgan and BlackRock, buying 3.9 million shares and 741,693 shares respectively

The Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia added shares of Alphabet, Zoom Video, and Microsoft during the second quarter, bringing its investments to $40.8 billion.

According to a US Securities and Exchange Commission filing, the PIF purchased 1.8 million shares of Microsoft, 4.7 million class A shares of Zoom, and 213,000 class A shares of Alphabet.

The sovereign fund also acquired shares in JPMorgan and BlackRock, buying 3.9 million shares and 741,693 shares respectively.

The fund added 6.3 million shares in Starbucks, Adobe Systems, Advanced Micro Devices, Salesforce, Home Depot, Costco, Freeport-McMoRan, Datadog and NextEra Energy.

The $620 billion PIF is at the center of Saudi Arabia’s plans to transform the economy by creating new sectors and diversifying revenues away from oil.

In the first quarter of this year, PIF cut its stake in three companies which includes Visa Inc., Plug Power, and Walmart. It, however, increased its holdings in Take-Two Interactive, PayPal, Alibaba, and Farfetch Ltd.