The total value of shares that were bought by non-Jordanian investors during May 2015 was JD49.2 million, representing 26.3% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD42.0 million. As a result, the net of non-Jordanian investments during May 2015 showed an increase by JD7.2 million.
The total value of shares that were bought by non-Jordanian investors since the beginning of the year until the end of May 2015 was JD211.9 million, representing 20.4% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD196.5 million. As a result, the net of non-Jordanian investments showed an increase of JD15.4 million, compared to a decrease by JD12.5 million for the same period of 2014.
Arab investors purchases since the beginning of the year until the end of May 2015 were JD178.7 million, or 84.4% of the overall purchases by non-Jordanians, while the value of non-Arab purchases amounted to JD33.1 million, constituting 15.6% of the total purchases. Arab investors sales amounted to JD168.3 million, 85.6% of non-Jordanians total sales, while the value of non-Arab sales amounted to JD28.2 million, representing 14.4% of the total sales by non-Jordanians.
Non-Jordanians ownership in companies listed at the ASE by end of May 2015 represented 49.2% of the total market value, 36.5% for Arab investors and 12.7% for non-Arab investors. At the sector level, the non-Jordanians ownership in the financial sector was 55.0%, in the services sector was 27.3%, and in the industrial sector was 51.1%.