Non Jordanian Investment at The ASE during August 2013

The total value of shares that were bought by Non-Jordanian investors since the beginning of the year until the end of August 2013 was JD822.9 million, representing 34.9% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD702.3 million. As a result, the net of non-Jordanian investment for the same period showed an increase of JD120.6 million, compared to an increase of JD19.2 million for the same period of 2012.

Arab investors purchases since the beginning of the year until the end of August were JD740.5 million, or 90.0% of the overall purchases by non-Jordanians, while the value of non-Arab purchases amounted to JD82.4 million, constituting 10.0% of the total purchases. Arab investors sales amounted to JD639.8 million, 91.1% of non-Jordanians total sales, while the value of non-Arab sales amounted to JD62.4 million, representing 8.9% of the total sales by non-Jordanians.

The total value of shares bought by non-Jordanian investors during August 2013 was JD16.9 million, representing 15.2% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD14.5 million. Thus, the net of non-Jordanian investment during August 2013 showed an increase of JD2.4 million.

Non-Jordanian ownership in companies listed at the ASE by the end of August 2013 represented 50.7% of the total market value, 35.7% for Arab investors and 15.0% for non-Arab investors. At the sector level, the non-Jordanian ownership in the market capitalization of listed companies at the end of August reached 55.1% for the Financial sector, 28.8% for the Services sector, and 54.7% for the Industrial sector.