The total value of shares that were bought by non-Jordanian investors during December 2015 was JD481.6 million, representing 75.8% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD469.5 million. As a result, the net of non-Jordanian investments during December 2015 showed an increase by JD12.1million.
The total value of shares that were bought by non-Jordanian investors during the year 2015 was JD981.7million, representing 28.7% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD971.1 million. As a result, the net of non-Jordanian investments showed an inccrease of JD10.6 million, compared to a decrease by JD22.2 million for the same period of 2014.
Arab investors purchases during the year 2015 were JD894.3 million, or 91.1% of the overall purchases by non-Jordanians, while the value of non-Arab purchases amounted to JD87.4 million, constituting 8.9% of the total purchases. Arab investors sales amounted to JD873.5million, 90.0% of non-Jordanians total sales, while the value of non-Arab sales amounted to JD97.6million, representing 10.0% of the total sales by non-Jordanians.
Non-Jordanian investors ownership in companies listed at the ASE by end of December 2015 represented 49.5% of the total market value, 36.8% for Arab investors and 12.7% for non-Arab investors. At the sector level, the non-Jordanian investors ownership in the financial sector was 55.2%, in the services sector was 28.3%, and in the industrial sector was 50.8%.