The value of shares bought by non-Jordanian investors at the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) during 2019 was JD 528.7 million, representing 32.4% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD 414.6 million. As a result, the net of non-Jordanian investments showed a positive value of JD 114.1 million, whereas the net of non-Jordanian investments showed a positive value of JD 484.5 million for the year 2018.
The value of shares bought by non-Jordanian investors in December 2019 was JD 65.6 million, representing 40.4% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD 72.2 million. As a result, the net of non-Jordanian investments in December 2019 showed a negative value of JD 6.6 million, whereas the net of non-Jordanian investments showed a positive value of JD 461 million during the same month of 2018.
Arab investors purchases since the beginning of the year until the end of December 2019 were JD 352.5 million, or 66.7% of the overall purchases by non-Jordanians, while the non-Arab purchases amounted to JD 176.2 million, constituting 33.3% of the total purchases. Arab investors sales amounted to JD 293.8 million, 70.8% of non-Jordanians total sales, while the non-Arab sales amounted to JD 120.9 million, representing 29.2% of the total sales by non-Jordanians.
Non-Jordanian investors' ownership in companies listed at the ASE by end of December 2019 represented 51.6% of the total market value, 35.8% for Arab investors and 15.8% for non-Arab investors. At the sector level, the non-Jordanian ownership in the financial sector was 56.0%, in the services sector was 19.0%, and in the industrial sector was 61.4%.