Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) revealed that the value of shares bought by non-Jordanian investors at the ASE in June 2022 was JD18.6 million, representing 7.2% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD58.1 million. As a result, the net of non-Jordanian investments in June 2022 showed a negative value of JD39.5 million, whereas the net of non-Jordanian investments showed a negative value of JD9.9 million during the same month of 2021.
The value of shares bought by non-Jordanian investors since the beginning of the year until the end of June 2022 was JD82.6 million, representing 8.0% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD153.5 million. As a result, the net of non-Jordanian investments showed a negative value of JD70.9 million, whereas the net of non-Jordanian investments showed a negative value of JD19.8 million for the same period of 2021.
Arab investors purchase during June 2022 were JD16.9 million, or 91.0% of the overall purchases by non-Jordanians, while the value of non-Arab purchases amounted to JD1.7 million, constituting 9.0% of the overall purchases by non-Jordanians. Arab investors sales amounted to JD17.6 million, or 30.3% of non-Jordanians total sales, while the value of non-Arab sales amounted to JD40.5 million, representing 69.7% of the total sales by non-Jordanians. As a result, the net of Arab investments showed a negative value of JD0.7 million, whereas the net of non-Arab investments showed a negative value of JD38.8 million in June 2022.
Hence, non-Jordanian investors' ownership in companies listed on ASE as of end of June 2022 represented 47.5% of the total market value, of which 37.0% for institutional investors including companies, institutions and funds. Arab investors own 31.6% and non-Arab investors own 15.9%. At the sectoral level, the non-Jordanian ownership in the financial sector was 50.0%, in the services sector was 19.3% and 54.0% in the industrial sector.