Non-Jordanian Investment at The ASE During September 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 September 2016 was JD388.1 million, representing 23.9% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD268.2 million. As a result, the net of non-Jordanian investments showed an increase of JD119.9 million, compared to a decrease by JD4.4 million for the same period of 2015.

Arab investors purchases since the beginning of the year until the end of September 2016 were JD344.4 million, or 88.7% of the overall purchases by non-Jordanian investors, while the value of non-Arab investors purchases amounted to JD43.7 million, constituting 11.3% of the total purchases. Arab investors sales amounted to JD228.9 million, 85.3% of non-Jordanian investors total sales, while the value of non-Arab investors sales amounted to JD39.3 million, representing 14.7% of the total sales by non-Jordanian investors.

The total value of shares that were bought by non-Jordanian investors at the ASE during September 2016 was JD15.7 million, representing 11.3% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD36.7 million. As a result, the net of non-Jordanian investments during September 2016 showed a decrease by JD21 million, compared with a decrease by JD7.4 million during the same month of 2015.

Non-Jordanian inventors' ownership in companies listed at the ASE by end of September 2016 represented 48.7% of the total market value, 38.0% for Arab investors and 10.7% for non-Arab investors. At the sector level, the non-Jordanian ownership in the financial sector was 55.3%, in the services sector was 22.4%, and in the industrial sector was 48.8%.