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Non Jordanian Investment at The ASE During April 2016

The total value of shares that were bought by non-Jordanian investors at the Amman Stock exchange (ASE) during April 2016 was JD35.2 million, representing 19.8% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD28.2 million. As a result, the net of non-Jordanian investments during April 2016 showed an increase by JD7.0 million, compared with a decrease by JD4.4 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 April 2016 was JD247.4 million, representing 28.3% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD117.9 million. As a result, the net of non-Jordanian investments showed an increase of JD129.6 million, compared to an increase by JD8.2 million for the same period of 2015.  

Arab investors purchases since the beginning of the year until the end of April 2016 were JD231.5 million, or 93.6% of the overall purchases by non-Jordanian investors, while the value of non-Arab investors purchases amounted to JD15.9 million, constituting 6.4% of the total purchases. Arab investors sales amounted to JD96.2 million, 81.6% of non-Jordanian investors total sales, while the value of non-Arab investors sales amounted to JD21.7 million, representing 18.4% of the total sales by non-Jordanian investors.

Non-Jordanian inventors' ownership in companies listed at the ASE by end of April 2016 represented 49.0% of the total market value, 37.9% for Arab investors and 11.1% for non-Arab investors. At the sector level, the non-Jordanian ownership in the financial sector was 55.6%, in the services sector was 22.7%, and in the industrial sector was 49.2%.