Non-Jordanian Investments at the ASE during April 2013

The total value of shares that were bought by Non-Jordanian investors since the beginning of the year until the end of April 2013 was JD672.1 million, representing 40.2% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD610.6 million. As a result, the net of non-Jordanian investment for the same period showed an increase of JD61.5 million, compared to an increase of JD9.4 million for the same period in the year 2012.

Arab investors purchases since the beginning of the year until the end of April were JD627.9 million, or 93.4 % of the overall purchases by non-Jordanians, while the value of non-Arab purchases amounted to JD44.2 million, constituting 6.6% of the total purchases. Arab investors sales amounted to JD579.8 million, 94.9% of non-Jordanians total sales, while the value of non-Arab sales amounted to JD30.8 million, representing 5.1% of the total sales by non-Jordanians.

The total value of shares bought by non-Jordanian investors during April 2013 was JD531.6 million, representing 62.6% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD522.4 million. Thus, the net of non-Jordanian investment during April 2013 showed an increase of JD9.2 million.

Non-Jordanian ownership in companies listed at the ASE by the end of April 2013 represented 51.2% of the total market value, 33.8% for Arab investors and 17.4% for non-Arab investors. At the sector level, the non-Jordanian ownership in the market capitalization of listed companies at the end of April reached 54.0% for the Financial sector, 34.3% for the Services sector, and 56.0% for the Industrial sector.