The total value of shares that were bought by Non-Jordanian investors since the beginning of the year until the end of October 2013 was JD863.3 million, representing 32.6% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD733.0 million. As a result, the net of non-Jordanian investment for the same period showed an increase of JD130.3 million, compared to an increase of JD27.6 million for the same period of 2012.
Arab investors purchases since the beginning of the year until the end of October were JD772.1 million, or 89.4% of the overall purchases by non-Jordanians, while the value of non-Arab purchases amounted to JD91.2 million, constituting 10.6% of the total purchases. Arab investors sales amounted to JD664.1 million, 90.6% of non-Jordanians total sales, while the value of non-Arab sales amounted to JD68.9 million, representing 9.4% of the total sales by non-Jordanians.
The total value of shares bought by non-Jordanian investors during October 2013 was JD22.5 million, representing 15.2% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD14.8 million. Thus, the net of non-Jordanian investment during October 2013 showed an increase of JD7.7 million.
Non-Jordanian ownership in companies listed at the ASE by the end of October 2013 represented 50.0% of the total market value, 35.6% for Arab investors and 14.4% for non-Arab investors. At the sector level, the non-Jordanian ownership in the market capitalization of listed companies at the end of October reached 55.2% for the Financial sector, 29.1% for the Services sector, and 52.4% for the Industrial sector.