The Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Amman Stock Exchange ASE, Mr. Bassam Abu Abbas, said that 168 out of 173 listed companies provided the ASE with the reviewed financial statements for the period ended 30/9/2021. The profits after tax attributed to shareholders for the public shareholding companies listed on ASE that provided the stock exchange with its financial data amounted to JD883.0 million, compared to JD229.3 million for the same companies and the same period of 2020, an increase of 285.0%. And the profits before tax amounted to JD1273.5 million for the first three quarters of 2021, compared to JD438.5 million for the same period of 2020, which represents an increase of 190.4%.
At the sectoral level, profits after tax attributed to shareholders of companies for the Industrial sector amounted JD336.2 million, compared to JD60.9 million for the same period of 2020, which represents an increase of 452.1%. As for the Services sector the profits after tax attributed to shareholders showed a positive value of JD80.6 million compared to a negative value of JD38.9 million for the same period of 2020, which represents an increase of 307.2%. And for the Financial sector the profits after tax attributed to shareholders amounted JD466.1 million compared to JD207.4 million for the same period of 2020, which represents an increase of 124.8%.