The total value of shares that were bought by non-Jordanian investors during the year 2016 was JD666.5 million, representing 28.6% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD429.4 million. As a result, the net of non-Jordanian investments during the year 2016 showed an increase by JD237.1 million, compared to an increase by JD10.6 million for the year 2015.
The total value of shares that were bought by non-Jordanian investors during the year 2016 was JD520.3 million, representing 78.1% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD146.2 million, constituting 21.9% of the total purchases. Arab investors sales amounted to JD304.1 million, 70.8% of non-Jordanians total sales, while the value of non-Arab sales amounted to JD125.3 million, representing 29.2% of the total sales by non-Jordanians.
Non-Jordanian investors ownership in companies listed at the ASE by end of December 2016 represented 49.6% of the total market value, 38.6% for Arab investors and 11.0% for non-Arab investors. At the sector level, the non-Jordanian investors ownership in the financial sector was 55.7%, in the services sector was 22.4%, and in the industrial sector was 51.4%