The total value of shares that were bought by Non-Jordanian investors during 2013 was JD 939.5 million, representing 31.0% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD792.6 million. As a result, the net of non-Jordanian investment for the same period showed an increase of JD146.9 million, compared to an increase of JD 37.7 million for the same period of 2012 increase by (290%).
Arab investors purchases during 2013 were JD818.5 million, or 87.1% of the overall purchases by non-Jordanians, while the value of non-Arab purchases amounted to JD121.0 million, constituting 12.9% of the total purchases. Arab investors sales amounted to JD693.2 million, 87.5% of non-Jordanians total sales, while the value of non-Arab sales amounted to JD99.4 million, representing 12.5% of the total sales by non-Jordanians.
The total value of shares bought by non-Jordanian investors during December 2013 was JD52.7 million, representing 25.2% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD40.9 million. Thus, the net of non-Jordanian investment during December 2013 showed an increase of JD11.8 million.
Non-Jordanian ownership in companies listed at the ASE by the end of the year 2013 represented 49.9% of the total market value, 35.5% 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 year reached 54.9% for the financial sector, 30.5% for the Services sector, and 52.3% for the Industrial sector.