Non-Jordanian Ownership in Companies Listed on the ASE Reached 50.3%

The value of shares that were bought by non-Jordanian investors at the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) since the beginning of the year until the end of May 2020 was JD 42.1 million, representing 12.9% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD 85.6 million. As a result, the net of non-Jordanian investments showed a negative value of JD 43.5 million, whereas the net of non-Jordanian investments showed a negative value of JD 40.9 million for the same period of 2019.

The value of shares bought by non-Jordanian investors at the (ASE) in May 2020 was JD 3.9 million, representing 12.5% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD 11.9 million. As a result, the net of non-Jordanian investments in May 2020 showed a negative value of JD 8.0 million, whereas the net of non-Jordanian investments showed a negative value of JD 1.6 million during the same month of 2019.

Arab investors purchases during May 2020 were JD 3.2 million, or 82.3% of the overall purchases by non-Jordanians, while the value of non-Arab purchases amounted to JD 0.7 million, constituting 17.7% of the total purchases. Arab investors sales amounted to JD 4.6 million, or 38.2% of non-Jordanians total sales, while the value of non-Arab sales amounted to JD 7.4 million, representing 61.8% of the total sales by non-Jordanians.

Non-Jordanian investors' ownership in companies listed at ASE by end of May 2020 represented 50.3% of the total market value, 33.8% for Arab investors and 16.5% for non-Arab investors. At the sector level, the non-Jordanian ownership in the financial sector was 54.5%, in the services sector was 18.2%, and 61.4% in the industrial sector.