Non Jordanian Investment at The ASE during November 2014

The total value of shares bought by non-Jordanian investors during November 2014 was JD25.7 million, representing 16.6% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD24.1 million. Thus, the net of non-Jordanian investments during November 2014 showed an increase by JD1.6 million.

The total value of shares that were bought by non-Jordanian investors since the beginning of the year until the end of November 2014 was JD318.2 million, representing 16% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD344 million. As a result, the net of non-Jordanian investments showed a decrease of JD25.8 million, compared to an increase by JD135 million for the same period of 2013.  

As for the value of total purchases of non-Jordanian investors, the value of the  Arab investors purchases since the beginning of the year until the end of November 2014 were JD221.4 million, or 69.6% of the overall purchases by non-Jordanians, while the value of non-Arab purchases amounted to JD96.8 million, constituting 30.4% of the total purchases. As for the value of total sales of non-Jordanian investors, the value of the Arab investors sales amounted to JD216 million, 62.8% of non-Jordanians total sales, while the value of non-Arab sales amounted to JD128 million, representing 37.2% of the total sales by non-Jordanians.

Non-Jordanian ownership in companies listed at the ASE by the end of November 2014 represented 48.9% of the total market value, 36.2% for Arab investors and 12.7% for non-Arab investors.

At the sector level, the non-Jordanian ownership in the market capitalization of listed companies at the end of November reached 54.6% for the Financial sector, 27.3% for the Services sector, and 50.9% for the Industrial sector.