Non Jordanian Investment at The ASE During February 2016

The total value of shares that were bought by non-Jordanian investors at the Amman Stock exchange (ASE) during February 2016 was JD71.3 million, representing 32.5% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD26.7 million. As a result, the net of non-Jordanian investments during February 2016 showed an increase by JD44.5 million, compared with an increase by JD3.0 million during the same month of 2015.

The total value of shares that were bought by non-Jordanian investors since the beginning of the year until the end of February 2016 was JD96.7 million, representing 23.9% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD56.5 million. As a result, the net of non-Jordanian investments showed an increase of JD40.2 million, compared to an increase by JD2.5 million for the same period of 2015.

Arab investors purchases since the beginning of the year until the end of February 2016 were JD92.5 million, or 95.7% of the overall purchases by non-Jordanians, while the value of non-Arab purchases amounted to JD4.2 million, constituting 4.3% of the total purchases. Arab investors sales amounted to JD45.6 million, 80.8% of non-Jordanians total sales, while the value of non-Arab sales amounted to JD10.8 million, representing 19.2% of the total sales by non-Jordanians.

Non-Jordanian invetors' ownership in companies listed at the ASE by end of February 2016 represented 48.9% of the total market value, 37.1% for Arab investors and 11.8% for non-Arab investors. At the sector level, the non-Jordanian ownership in the financial sector was 55.1%, in the services sector was 24.5%, and in the industrial sector was 50.1%.