The total value of shares that were bought by Non-Jordanian investors since the beginning of the year until the end of September 2013 was JD840.8 million, representing 33.6% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD718.2 million. As a result, the net of non-Jordanian investment for the same period showed an increase of JD122.6 million, compared to an increase of JD22.6 million for the same period of 2012.
Arab investors purchases since the beginning of the year until the end of September were JD755.6 million, or 89.9% of the overall purchases by non-Jordanians, while the value of non-Arab purchases amounted to JD85.2 million, constituting 10.1% of the total purchases. Arab investors sales amounted to JD652.7 million, 90.9% of non-Jordanians total sales, while the value of non-Arab sales amounted to JD65.5 million, representing 9.1% of the total sales by non-Jordanians.
The total value of shares bought by non-Jordanian investors during September 2013 was JD17.9 million, representing 12.4% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD16 million. Thus, the net of non-Jordanian investment during September 2013 showed an increase of JD1.9 million.
Non-Jordanian ownership in companies listed at the ASE by the end of September 2013 represented 49.5% of the total market value, 35.5% for Arab investors and 14.0% for non-Arab investors. At the sector level, the non-Jordanian ownership in the market capitalization of listed companies at the end of September reached 55.1% for the Financial sector, 29.3% for the Services sector, and 51.0% for the Industrial sector.