The total value of shares that were bought by non-Jordanian investors at the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) in May 2018 was JD108.8 million, representing 52.4% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD114.8 million. As a result, the net of non-Jordanian investments in May 2018 showed a decrease by JD6.0 million, compared with a decrease by JD8.0 million during the same month of 2017.
The total value of shares that were bought by non-Jordanian investors since the beginning of the year until the end of May 2018 was JD207.9 million, representing 29.4% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD219.9 million. As a result, the net of non-Jordanian investments showed a decrease of JD12.1 million, compared to a decrease by JD406.6 million for the same period of 2017.
Arab investors purchases since the beginning of the year until the end of May 2018 were JD85 million, or 40.9% of the overall purchases by non-Jordanians, while the value of non-Arab purchases amounted to JD122.9 million, constituting 59.1% of the total purchases. Arab investors sales amounted to JD89.6 million, 40.7% of non-Jordanians total sales, while the value of non-Arab sales amounted to JD130.3 million, representing 59.3% of the total sales by non-Jordanians.
Non-Jordanian investors' ownership in companies listed at the ASE by end of May 2018 represented 48.5% of the total market value, 36.2% for Arab investors and 12.3% for non-Arab investors. At the sector level, the non-Jordanian ownership in the financial sector was 54.0%, in the services sector was 18.8%, and in the industrial sector was 53.1%.