The total value of shares that were bought by non-Jordanian investors since the beginning of the year until the end of July 2015 was JD315.6 million, representing 16.6% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD308.3 million. As a result, the net of non-Jordanian investments showed an increase of JD7.3 million, compared to a decrease by JD33.6 million for the same period of 2014.
Arab investors purchases since the beginning of the year until the end of July 2015 were JD271.8 million, or 86.1% of the overall purchases by non-Jordanians, while the value of non-Arab purchases amounted to JD43.8 million, constituting 13.9% of the total purchases. Arab investors sales amounted to JD263.1 million, 85.3% of non-Jordanians total sales, while the value of non-Arab sales amounted to JD45.3 million, representing 14.7% of the total sales by non-Jordanians.
The total value of shares that were bought by non-Jordanian investors during July 2015 was JD46.8 million, representing 7.9% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD48.0 million. As a result, the net of non-Jordanian investments during July 2015 showed a decrease by JD1.2 million.
Non-Jordanian investors ownership in companies listed at the ASE by end of July 2015 represented 49.6% of the total market value, 36.6% for Arab investors and 13.0% for non-Arab investors. At the sector level, the non-Jordanian investors ownership in the financial sector was 55.2%, in the services sector was 26.6%, and in the industrial sector was 52.3%.