The value of shares that were bought by non-Jordanian investors at the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) in June 2019 was JD17.3 million, representing 17.3% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD17.0 million. As a result, the net of non-Jordanian investments in June 2019 showed an increase by JD0.3 million, compared with a decrease by JD1.7 million during the same month of 2018.
The value of shares that were bought by non-Jordanian investors since the beginning of the year until the end of June 2019 was JD171.2 million, representing 25.2% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD211.8 million. As a result, the net of non-Jordanian investments showed a decrease of JD40.6 million, compared to a decrease by JD13.7million for the same period of 2018.
Arab investors purchases since the beginning of the year until the end of June 2019 were JD92.3 million, or 53.9% of the overall purchases by non-Jordanians, while the non-Arab purchases amounted to JD78.9 million, constituting 46.1% of the total purchases. Arab investors sales amounted to JD116.8 million, 55.1% of non-Jordanians total sales, while the non-Arab sales amounted to JD95.1 million, representing 44.9% of the total sales by non-Jordanians.
Non-Jordanian investors' ownership in companies listed at the ASE by end of June 2019 represented 51.1% of the total market value, 36.5% for Arab investors and 14.6% for non-Arab investors. At the sector level, the non-Jordanian ownership in the financial sector was 55.6%, in the services sector was 19.2%, and in the industrial sector was 60.2%.