The total value of shares that were bought by non-Jordanian investors since the beginning of the year until the end of September 2015 was JD419 million, representing 17.4% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD423.4 million. As a result, the net of non-Jordanian investments showed a decrease of JD4.4 million, compared to a decrease by JD35 million for the same period of 2014.
Arab investors purchases since the beginning of the year until the end of September 2015 were JD364.3 million, or 86.9% of the overall purchases by non-Jordanians, while the value of non-Arab purchases amounted to JD54.8 million, constituting 13.1% of the total purchases. Arab investors sales amounted to JD356.1 million, 84.1% of non-Jordanians total sales, while the value of non-Arab sales amounted to JD67.3 million, representing 15.9% of the total sales by non-Jordanians.
The total value of shares that were bought by non-Jordanian investors during September 2015 was JD43.5 million, representing 21.5% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD50.9 million. As a result, the net of non-Jordanian investments during September 2015 showed a decrease by JD7.4 million.
Non-Jordanian investors ownership in companies listed at the ASE by end of September 2015 represented 49.4% of the total market value, 37.5% for Arab investors and 11.9% for non-Arab investors. At the sector level, the non-Jordanian investors ownership in the financial sector was 55.1%, in the services sector was 24.2%, and in the industrial sector was 50.9%.