AMMAN — Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) revealed that the value of shares bought by non-Jordanian investors in May this year was JD33.0 million, representing 11.4 per cent of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD43.2 million. 

 

The value of shares bought by non-Jordanian investors since the beginning of the year until the end of May was JD156.6 million, according to ASE, representing 12.0 per cent of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD184.2 million.

 

Arab investors’ purchases during May were JD28.1 million, or 85.2 per cent of the overall purchases by non-Jordanians, while their sales amounted to JD37.6 million, or 87.1 per cent of non-Jordanians total sales, according to a statement from ASE.

 

The value of non-Arab purchases amounted to JD4.9 million, constituting 14.8 per cent of the overall purchases by non-Jordanians, while their sales value amounted to JD5.6 million, representing 12.9 per cent of the total sales by non-Jordanians.

 

Non-Jordanian investors' ownership in companies listed on ASE as of end of May represented 46.3 per cent of the total market value, of which 32.8 per cent for institutional investors including companies, institutions and funds.

 

Arab investors own 29.6 per cent and non-Arab investors own 16.7 per cent. At the sectoral level, the non-Jordanian ownership in the financial sector was 48.6 per cent, in the services sector was 22.4 per cent and 50.4 per cent in the industrial sector.