The value of shares bought by non-Jordanian investors at the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) in October 2019 was JD 173.9 million, representing 65.8% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD 20.6 million. As a result, the net of non-Jordanian investments in October 2019 showed a positive value of JD 153.3 million, whereas the net of non-Jordanian investments showed a negative value of JD6.3 million during the same month of 2018.
The value of shares bought by non-Jordanian investors since the beginning of the year until the end of October 2019 was JD 440.2 million, representing 32.0% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD 334.2 million. As a result, the net of non-Jordanian investments showed a positive value of JD 106.1 million, whereas the net of non-Jordanian investments showed a positive value of JD 26.9 million for the same period of 2018.
Arab investors purchases since the beginning of the year until the end of October 2019 were JD 311.7 million, or 70.8% of the overall purchases by non-Jordanians, while the non-Arab purchases amounted to JD 128.5 million, constituting 29.2% of the total purchases. Arab investors sales amounted to JD 221.4 million, 66.3% of non-Jordanians total sales, while the non-Arab sales amounted to JD 112.7 million, representing 33.7% of the total sales by non-Jordanians.
Non-Jordanian investors' ownership in companies listed at the ASE by end of October 2019 represented 50.0% of the total market value, 34.5% for Arab investors and 15.5% for non-Arab investors. At the sector level, the non-Jordanian ownership in the financial sector was 54.1%, the Non-Jordanian investors' ownership in companies listed at the ASE by end of October 2019 in the services sector was 19.2%, and in the industrial sector was 60.0%.