Non Jordanian Investment at The ASE during June 2014

The total value of shares bought by non-Jordanian investors during June 2014 was JD35.8 million, representing 17.2% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD51.8 million. Thus, the net of non-Jordanian investments during June 2014 showed a decrease of JD16.1 million.

The total value of shares that were bought by non-Jordanian investors since the beginning of the year until the end of June 2014 was JD198.3 million, representing 15.1% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD226.8 million. As a result, the net of non-Jordanian investments showed a decrease of JD28.5 million, compared to an increase of JD106.1 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 June 2014 were JD142.3 million, or 71.7% of the overall purchases by non-Jordanians, while the value of non-Arab purchases amounted to JD56.0 million, constituting 28.3% of the total purchases. As for the value of total sales of non-Jordanian investors, the value of the Arab investors sales amounted to JD136.3 million, 60.1% of non-Jordanians total sales, while the value of non-Arab sales amounted to JD90.5 million, representing 39.9% of the total sales by non-Jordanians.

Non-Jordanian ownership in companies listed at the ASE by the end of June 2014 represented 49.6% of the total market value, 36.7% for Arab investors and 12.9% for non-Arab investors.

At the sector level, the non-Jordanian ownership in the market capitalization of  listed companies at the end of June reached 55% for the Financial sector, 27% for the Services sector, and 51.7% for the Industrial sector.