Non-Jordanian ownership in companies listed at the ASE reached 48.6%

The total value of shares that were bought by non-Jordanian investors at the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) in April 2018 was JD19.9 million, representing 17.5% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD20.9 million. As a result, the net of non-Jordanian investments in April 2018 showed a decrease by JD1.0 million, compared with an increase by JD5.1 million during the same month of 2017.

The total value of shares that were bought by non-Jordanian investors since the beginning of the year until the end of April 2018 was JD99.1 million, representing 19.9% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD105.2 million. As a result, the net of non-Jordanian investments showed a decrease of JD6.1 million, compared to a decrease by JD398.6 million for the same period of 2017. 

Arab investors purchases since the beginning of the year until the end of April 2018 were JD49 million, or 49.5% of the overall purchases by non-Jordanians, while the value of non-Arab purchases amounted to JD50 million, constituting 50.5% of the total purchases. Arab investors sales amounted to JD74.3 million, 70.7% of non-Jordanians total sales, while the value of non-Arab sales amounted to JD30.8 million, representing 29.3% of the total sales by non-Jordanians. 

Non-Jordanian investors' ownership in companies listed at the ASE by end of April 2018 represented 48.6% of the total market value, 36.4% for Arab investors and 12.2% for non-Arab investors. At the sector level, the non-Jordanian ownership in the financial sector was 54.1%, in the services sector was 19.2%, and in the industrial sector was 52.8%.