Non Jordanian Investment at The ASE during December 2014

The total value of shares bought by non-Jordanian investors during December 2014 was JD44.5 million, representing 16.4% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD40.8 million. Thus, the net of non-Jordanian investments during December 2014 showed an increase by JD3.7 million.

The total value of shares that were bought by non-Jordanian investors during the year 2014 was JD362.7million, representing 16% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD384.8 million. As a result, the net of non-Jordanian investments showed a decrease of JD22.2 million, compared to an increase by JD146.9 million for the year 2013.  

As for the value of total purchases of non-Jordanian investors, the value of the  Arab investors purchases during the year 2014 were JD262.1 million, or 72.3% of the overall purchases by non-Jordanians, while the value of non-Arab purchases amounted to JD100.6 million, constituting 27.7% of the total purchases. As for the value of total sales of non-Jordanian investors, the value of the Arab investors sales amounted to JD247.8 million, 64.4% of non-Jordanians total sales, while the value of non-Arab sales amounted to JD137 million, representing 35.6% of the total sales by non-Jordanians.

Non-Jordanian ownership in companies listed at the ASE by the end of the year 2014 represented 48.8% of the total market value, 36% for Arab investors and 12.8% for non-Arab investors.

At the sector level, the non-Jordanian ownership in the market capitalization of listed companies at the end of  the year reached 54.6% for the Financial sector, 28.1% for the Services sector, and 50.8% for the Industrial sector.