Non Jordanian Investment at The ASE during July 2013

The total value of shares that were bought by Non-Jordanian investors since the beginning of the year until the end of July 2013 was JD806 million, representing 35.9% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD687.8 million. As a result, the net of non-Jordanian investment for the same period showed an increase of JD118.2 million, compared to an increase of JD16.9 million for the same period of 2012.

Arab investors purchases since the beginning of the year until the end of July were JD726.2 million, or 90.1% of the overall purchases by non-Jordanians, while the value of non-Arab purchases amounted to JD79.8 million, constituting 9.9% of the total purchases. Arab investors sales amounted to JD629.8 million, 91.6% of non-Jordanians total sales, while the value of non-Arab sales amounted to JD58 million, representing 8.4% of the total sales by non-Jordanians.

The total value of shares bought by non-Jordanian investors during July 2013 was JD34.4 million, representing 22.1% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD22.3 million. Thus, the net of non-Jordanian investment during July 2013 showed an increase of JD12.1 million.

Non-Jordanian ownership in companies listed at the ASE by the end of July 2013 represented 51.2% of the total market value, 35.3% for Arab investors and 15.9% for non-Arab investors. At the sector level, the non-Jordanian ownership in the market capitalization of listed companies at the end of July reached 55.0% for the Financial sector, 30.4% for the Services sector, and 55.8% for the Industrial sector.