The total value of shares that were bought by Non-Jordanian investors during the year 2011 was JD555.8 million, representing 19.5% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD477.2 million. As a result, the net of non-Jordanian investment for the same period showed an increase of JD78.6 million, compared to a decrease of JD14.6 million for the the year 2010.
Arab investors' purchases during the year 2011 were JD364.7 million, or 65.6% of the overall purchases by non-Jordanians, while the value of non-Arab purchases amounted to JD191.1 million, constituting 34.4% of the overall purchases by non-Jordanians. Arab investors sales amounted to JD335.4 million, 70.3% of non-Jordanians total sales, while the value of non-Arab sales amounted to JD141.8 million, representing 29.7% of the total sales by non-Jordanians.
The total value of shares bought by non-Jordanian investors during December 2011 was JD31.4 million, representing 17.3% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD36.2 million. Thus, the net of non-Jordanian investment during December 2011 showed a decrease by JD4.8 million.
Non-Jordanian ownership in companies listed at the ASE by end of December 2011 represented 51.3% of the total market value, 33.7% for Arab investors and 17.6% for non-Arab investors. At the sector level, the non-Jordanian ownership in the financial sector was 53.8%, in the services sector was 35.0%, and in the industrial sector was 56.9%.