Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) revealed that the value of shares bought by non-Jordanian investors at the ASE in May 2024 was JD119.4 million, representing 60.7% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD108.6 million.
The value of shares bought by non-Jordanian investors since the beginning of the year until the end of May 2024 was JD154.3 million, representing 26.1% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD168.5 million.
Arab investors purchases during May 2024 were JD114.5 million, or 95.9% of the overall purchases by non-Jordanians, while the value of non-Arab purchases amounted to JD4.9 million, constituting 4.1% of the overall purchases by non-Jordanians. Arab investors sales amounted to JD107.1 million, or 98.6% of non-Jordanians total sales, while the value of non-Arab sales amounted to JD1.5 million, representing 1.4% of the total sales by non-Jordanians.
Hence, non-Jordanian investors' ownership in companies listed on ASE as the end of May 2024 represented 46.9% of the total market value, of which 36.0% for institutional investors including companies, institutions and funds. Arab investors own 32.0% and non-Arab investors own 14.9%. At the sectoral level, the non-Jordanian ownership in the financial sector was 50.8%, in the services sector was 21.3% and 53.3% in the industrial sector.