Non-Jordanian Investment at The ASE During August 2016

The total value of shares that were bought by non-Jordanian investors at the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) since the beginning of the year until the end of August 2016 was JD372.4 million, representing 25.1% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD231.5 million. As a result, the net of non-Jordanian investments showed an increase of JD140.9 million, compared to an increase by JD3 million for the same period of 2015.

Arab investors purchases since the beginning of the year until the end of August 2016 were JD334.8 million, or 89.9% of the overall purchases by non-Jordanian investors, while the value of non-Arab investors purchases amounted to JD37.6 million, constituting 10.1% of the total purchases. Arab investors sales amounted to JD195.3 million, 84.4% of non-Jordanian investors total sales, while the value of non-Arab investors sales amounted to JD36.2 million, representing 15.6% of the total sales by non-Jordanian investors.

The total value of shares that were bought by non-Jordanian investors at the ASE during August 2016 was JD23.5 million, representing 13.7% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD25.7 million. As a result, the net of non-Jordanian investments during August 2016 showed a decrease by JD2.2 million, compared with a decrease by JD4.2 million during the same month of 2015.

Non-Jordanian inventors' ownership in companies listed at the ASE by end of August 2016 represented 49% of the total market value, 38.4% for Arab investors and 10.6% for non-Arab investors. At the sector level, the non-Jordanian ownership in the financial sector was 55.5%, in the services sector was 22.4%, and in the industrial sector was 48.9%.