Non Jordanian Investment at The ASE during April 2014

The total value of shares that were bought by Non-Jordanian investors since the beginning of the year until the end of April 2014 was JD138.2 million, representing 14.3% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD157.3 million. As a result, the net of non-Jordanian investments showed a decrease of JD19.1 million, compared to an increase of JD61.5 million for the same period of 2013.  

 As for the value of total purchases of non Jordanian investors, the value of the  Arab investors purchases since the beginning of the year until the end of April  2014 were JD95.8 million, or 69.4% of the overall purchases by non-Jordanians, while the value of non-Arab purchases amounted to JD42.3 million, constituting 30.6% of the total purchases. And for the value of total sales of non Jordanian investors, the value of the Arab investors sales amounted to JD100.8 million, 64.1% of non-Jordanians total sales, while the value of non-Arab sales amounted to JD56.5 million, representing 35.9% of the total sales by non-Jordanians.

 The total value of shares bought by non-Jordanian investors during April 2014 was JD25.4 million, representing 12.4% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD28 million. Thus, the net of non-Jordanian investment during April 2014 showed an decrease of JD2.6 million.

 Non-Jordanian ownership in companies listed at the ASE by the end of April 2014 represented 50.0% of the total market value, 36.6% for Arab investors and 13.3% for non-Arab investors. At the sector level, the non-Jordanian ownership in the market capitalization of  listed companies at the end of April reached 55.1% for the financial sector, 27.2% for the Services sector, and 52.0% for the Industrial sector.