Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund is selling part of its stake in the kingdom’s main mobile-phone operator as it tries to raise cash for the government’s trillion-dollar economic transformation plan.

Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund PIF will sell 100 million shares in the country's telecom group STC at a price of 38.6 riyals ($10.27) apiece, state television reported on Thursday.

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund is selling 2 per cent of its stake, or 100 million shares, in Saudi Telecom Company, the kingdom's biggest mobile operator, according to a regulatory filing with the Tadawul stock exchange.