The total value of shares that were bought by non-Jordanian investors during January 2016 was JD25.42 million, representing 13.7% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD29.75 million. As a result, the net of non-Jordanian investment during January 2016 showed a decrease by JD4.3 million, compared with a decrease by JD0.6 million during the same month of 2015.
Arab investors purchases during January 2016 were JD23.5 million, or 92.4% of the overall purchases by non-Jordanians, while the value of non-Arab purchases amounted to JD1.9 million, constituting 7.6% of the total purchases. Arab investors sales amounted to JD23.5 million, 78.9% of non-Jordanians total sales, while the value of non-Arab sales amounted to JD6.3 million, representing 21.1% of the total sales by non-Jordanians.
Non-Jordanian ownership in companies listed at the ASE by end of January 2016 represented 48.9% of the total market value, 37% for Arab investors and 11.9% for non-Arab investors. At the sector level, the non-Jordanian ownership in the financial sector was 55%, in the services sector was 25.3%, and in the industrial sector was 50.6%.