Non Jordanian Investment at The ASE During March 2016

The total value of shares that were bought by non-Jordanian investors at the Amman Stock exchange (ASE) during March 2016 was JD115.5 million, representing 39.6% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD33.2 million. As a result, the net of non-Jordanian investments during March 2016 showed an increase by JD82.3 million, compared with an increase by JD10.2 million during the same month of 2015.

The total value of shares that were bought by non-Jordanian investors since the beginning of the year until the end of March 2016 was JD212.2 million, representing 30.5% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD89.7 million. As a result, the net of non-Jordanian investments showed an increase of JD122.5 million, compared to an increase by JD12.6 million for the same period of 2015.

Arab investors purchases since the beginning of the year until the end of March 2016 were JD202.5 million, or 95.4% of the overall purchases by non-Jordanians, while the value of non-Arab purchases amounted to JD9.7 million, constituting 4.6% of the total purchases. Arab investors sales amounted to JD76.0 million, 84.7% of non-Jordanians total sales, while the value of non-Arab sales amounted to JD13.7 million, representing 15.3% of the total sales by non-Jordanians.

Non-Jordanian inventors' ownership in companies listed at the ASE by end of March 2016 represented 49.0% of the total market value, 37.4% for Arab investors and 11.6% for non-Arab investors. At the sector level, the non-Jordanian ownership in the financial sector was 55.5%, in the services sector was 24.3%, and in the industrial sector was 49.6%.