The total value of shares that were bought by non-Jordanian investors at the Amman Stock exchange (ASE) since the beginning of the year until the end of July 2016 was JD348.9 million, representing 26.6% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD205.8 million. As a result, the net of non-Jordanian investments showed an increase of JD143.1 million, compared to an increase by JD7.3 million for the same period of 2015.
The total value of shares that were bought by non-Jordanian investors at the ASE during July 2016 was JD24.2 million, representing 20.8% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD22.5 million. As a result, the net of non-Jordanian investments during July 2016 showed an increase by JD1.7 million, compared with a decrease by JD1.2 million during the same month of 2015.
Arab investors purchases since the beginning of the year until the end of July 2016 were JD315.3 million, or 90.4% of the overall purchases by non-Jordanian investors, while the value of non-Arab investors purchases amounted to JD33.5 million, constituting 9.6% of the total purchases. Arab investors sales amounted to JD174.0 million, 84.5% of non-Jordanian investors total sales, while the value of non-Arab investors sales amounted to JD31.8 million, representing 15.5% of the total sales by non-Jordanian investors.
Non-Jordanian inventors' ownership in companies listed at the ASE by end of July 2016 represented 48.8% of the total market value, 38.1% for Arab investors and 10.7% for non-Arab investors. At the sector level, the non-Jordanian ownership in the financial sector was 55.6%, in the services sector was 22.4%, and in the industrial sector was 48.8%.