Mr. Nader Azar, the Acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) said that the trading value for the ASE during 2013 reached JD3.0 billion compared to JD2.0 billion for 2012. The ASE price index weighted by free float shares closed at 2065.8 points, an increase of 5.5% compared with the closing of 2012 which stood at 1958 points. The number of traded shares also witnessed an increase during 2013 of 13.5% and reached 2.7 billion shares, traded through 1074.4 thousand transactions, compared with 2.4 billion shares traded during 2012 through 975 thousand transactions. The share turnover ratio has increased to reach 38% during 2013, compared with 33.9% during 2012.
The non-Jordanian ownership as a percentage of market capitalization of the ASE reached 49.9% at the end of 2013, compared with 51.7% at the end of the year 2012. The net non-Jordanian investment in the ASE has increased by JD146.9 million during 2013 compared with an increase of JD37.7 million during 2012.
In addition, the market capitalization of listed shares at the ASE has amounted to JD18.2 billion, constituting 83% of the GDP.