Non Jordanian Investment at The ASE during November 2013

The total value of shares that were bought by Non-Jordanian investors since the beginning of the year until the end of November 2013 was JD886.8 million, representing 31.5% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD751.7 million. As a result, the net of non-Jordanian investment for the same period showed an increase of JD135.0 million, compared to an increase of JD33.2 million for the same period of 2012.

 Arab investors purchases since the beginning of the year until the end of November were JD790.4 million, or 89.1% of the overall purchases by non-Jordanians, while the value of non-Arab purchases amounted to JD96.3 million, constituting 10.9% of the total purchases. Arab investors sales amounted to JD677.4 million, 90.1% of non-Jordanians total sales, while the value of non-Arab sales amounted to JD74.3 million, representing 9.9% of the total sales by non-Jordanians.

 The total value of shares bought by non-Jordanian investors during November 2013 was JD23.4 million, representing 13.7% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD18.7 million. Thus, the net of non-Jordanian investment during November 2013 showed an increase of JD4.7 million.

 Non-Jordanian ownership in companies listed at the ASE by the end of November 2013 represented 50.0% of the total market value, 35.9% for Arab investors and 14.1% for non-Arab investors. At the sector level, the non-Jordanian ownership in the market capitalization of listed companies at the end of November reached 54.9% for the Financial sector, 29.0% for the Services sector, and 52.8% for the Industrial sector.