Non-Jordanian ownership at the ASE reached 50.7%

The value of shares that were bought by non-Jordanian investors at the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) in April 2019 was JD 46.5 million, representing 34.1% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD 43.5 million. As a result, the net of non-Jordanian investments in April 2019 showed an increase by JD 3 million, compared with a decrease by JD 1 million during the same month of 2018.

The value of shares that were bought by non-Jordanian investors since the beginning of the year until the end of April 2019 was JD 143.3 million, representing 28.9% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD 182.6 million. As a result, the net of non-Jordanian investments showed a decrease of JD 39.3 million, compared to a decrease of JD 6.1 million for the same period of 2018.

Arab investors purchases since the beginning of the year until the end of April 2019 were JD78.9 million, or 55.1% of the overall purchases by non-Jordanians, while the non-Arab purchases amounted to JD 64.4 million, constituting 44.9% of the total purchases. Arab investors sales amounted to JD 100.8 million, 55.2% of non-Jordanians total sales, while the non-Arab sales amounted to JD 81.8 million, representing 44.8% of the total sales by non-Jordanians.

Non-Jordanian investors' ownership in companies listed at the ASE by end of April 2019 represented 50.7% of the total market value, 36.0% for Arab investors and 14.7% for non-Arab investors. At the sector level, the non-Jordanian ownership in the financial sector was 54.4%, in the services sector was 19.0% and in the industrial sector was 61.9%.