Non Jordanian Investment at The ASE During February 2015

The total value of shares that were bought by non-Jordanian investors during February 2015 was JD 37.1million, representing 15.6% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD34.0 million. As a result, the net of non-Jordanian investment during February 2015 showed an increase by JD3.0 million, compared with a decrease by JD15.0 million during the same month of 2014.

The total value of shares that were bought by non-Jordanian investors since the beginning of the year until the end of February 2015 was JD65.0 million, representing 15.4% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD62.5 million. As a result, the net of non-Jordanian investments showed an increase of JD2.5 million, compared to a decrease by JD19.1 million for the same period of 2014.

Arab investors purchases during February 2015 were JD61.1 million, or 93.9% of the overall purchases by non-Jordanians, while the value of non-Arab purchases amounted to JD3.9 million, constituting 6.1% of the total purchases. Arab investors sales amounted to JD55.5 million, 88.8% of non-Jordanians total sales, while the value of non-Arab sales amounted to JD7.0 million, representing 11.2% of the total sales by non-Jordanians.

Non-Jordanian ownership in companies listed at the ASE by end of February 2015 represented 48.5% of the total market value, 35.9 % for Arab investors and 12.6% for non-Arab investors. At the sector level, the non-Jordanian ownership in the financial sector was 54.2%, in the services sector was 27.7%, and in the industrial sector was 50.6%.