Non Jordanian Investment at The ASE during January 2014

The total value of shares that were bought by non-Jordanian investors during January 2014 was JD37.7 million, representing 12.2% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD41.8 million. As a result, the net of non-Jordanian investment during January 2014 showed a decrease by JD4.1 million, compared with an increase by JD7.0 million during the same month of 2013.

Arab investors purchases during January 2014 were JD30.1 million, or 79.9% of the overall purchases by non-Jordanians, while the value of non-Arab purchases amounted to JD7.6 million, constituting 20.1% of the total purchases. Arab investors sales amounted to JD32.7 million, 78.2% of non-Jordanians total sales, while the value of non-Arab sales amounted to JD9.1 million, representing 21.8% of the total sales by non-Jordanians.

Non-Jordanian ownership in companies listed at the ASE by end of January 2014 represented 49.8% of the total market value, 36.1% for Arab investors and 13.7% for non-Arab investors. At the sector level, the non-Jordanian ownership in the financial sector was 54.8%, in the services sector was 29.5%, and in the industrial sector was 51.4%.