Non Jordanian Investment at The ASE During April 2015

The total value of shares that were bought by non-Jordanian investors during April 2015 was JD 42.3million, representing 20.8% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD46.7 million. As a result, the net of non-Jordanian investment during April 2015 showed a decrease by JD4.4 million.

The total value of shares that were bought by non-Jordanian investors since the beginning of the year until the end of April 2015 was JD162.7million, representing 19.1% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD154.5 million. As a result, the net of non-Jordanian investments showed an increase of JD8.2 million, compared to a decrease by JD19.1 million for the same period of 2014.

Arab investors purchases since the beginning of the year until the end of April 2015 were JD140.3 million, or 86.2% of the overall purchases by non-Jordanians, while the value of non-Arab purchases amounted to JD22.4 million, constituting 13.8% of the total purchases. Arab investors sales amounted to JD133.3 million, 86.3% of non-Jordanians total sales, while the value of non-Arab sales amounted to JD21.2 million, representing 13.7% of the total sales by non-Jordanians.

Non-Jordanian ownership in companies listed at the ASE by end of April 2015 represented 48.4% of the total market value, 36.1% for Arab investors and 12.3% for non-Arab investors. At the sector level, the non-Jordanian ownership in the financial sector was 54.5%, in the services sector was 27.1%, and in the industrial sector was 49.1%.