Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) revealed that the value of shares bought by non-Jordanian investors at the ASE in August 2024 was JD12.5 million, representing 14.3% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD17.1 million.
The value of shares bought by non-Jordanian investors since the beginning of the year until the end of August 2024 was JD185.8 million, representing 22.0% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD210.8 million.
Arab investors purchases during August 2024 were JD10.4 million, or 83.1% of the overall purchases by non-Jordanians, while the value of non-Arab purchases amounted to JD2.1 million, constituting 16.9% of the overall purchases by non-Jordanians. Arab investors sales amounted to JD16.2 million, or 94.6% of non-Jordanians total sales, while the value of non-Arab sales amounted to JD0.9 million, representing 5.4% of the total sales by non-Jordanians.
Hence, non-Jordanian investors' ownership in companies listed on ASE as of end of August 2024 represented 47.3% of the total market value, of which 33.1% for institutional investors including companies, institutions and funds. Arab investors own 32.0% and non-Arab investors own 15.3%. At the sectoral level, the non-Jordanian ownership in the financial sector was 51.0%, in the services sector was 21.8% and 53.4% in the industrial sector.