Non-Jordanian Ownership in Companies Listed on the ASE Reached 51.1%

Amman Stock Exchange revealed that the value of shares bought by non-Jordanian investors at the ASE in December 2020 was JD9.9 million, representing 5.3% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD11.7 million. As a result, the net of non-Jordanian investments in December 2020 showed a negative value of JD1.8 million, whereas the net of non-Jordanian investments showed a negative value of JD6.6 million during the same month of 2019.

The value of shares that were bought by non-Jordanian investors during 2020 was JD96.9 million, representing 8.9% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD164.4 million. As a result, the net of non-Jordanian investments showed a negative value of JD67.5 million, whereas the net of non-Jordanian investments showed a positive value of JD114.1 million for the same period of 2019.

Arab investors purchases during December 2020 were JD7.9 million, or 80.1% of the overall purchases by non-Jordanians, while the value of non-Arab purchases amounted to JD2.0 million, constituting 19.9% of the overall purchases by non-Jordanians. Arab investors sales amounted to JD7.7 million, or 65.9% of non-Jordanians total sales, while the value of non-Arab sales amounted to JD4.0 million, representing 34.1% of the total sales by non-Jordanians, As a result, the net of Arab investments showed a positive value of JD0.2 million, whereas the net of non-Arab investments showed a negative value of JD2.0 million in December 2020.

Non-Jordanian investors' ownership in companies listed on ASE by end of December 2020 represented 51.1% of the total market value, 32.5% for Arab investors and 18.6% for non-Arab investors. At the sector level, the non-Jordanian ownership in the financial sector was 53.0%, in the services sector was 19.3% and 64.9% in the industrial sector.