Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) revealed that the value of shares bought by non-Jordanian investors at the ASE in August 2023 was JD11.8 million, representing 10.2% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD25.5 million.
The value of shares bought by non-Jordanian investors since the beginning of the year until the end of August 2023 was JD111.2 million, representing 9.9% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD152.5 million.
Arab investors purchases during August 2023 were JD9.1 million, or 76.9% of the overall purchases by non-Jordanians, while the value of non-Arab purchases amounted to JD2.7 million, constituting 23.1% of the overall purchases by non-Jordanians. Arab investors sales amounted to JD4.8 million, or 18.6% of non-Jordanians total sales, while the value of non-Arab sales amounted to JD20.7 million, representing 81.4% of the total sales by non-Jordanians.
Hence, non-Jordanian investors' ownership in companies listed on ASE as of end of August 2023 represented 47.4% of the total market value, of which 36.2% for institutional investors including companies, institutions and funds. Arab investors own 32.3% and non-Arab investors own 15.1%. At the sectoral level, the non-Jordanian ownership in the financial sector was 51.5%, in the services sector was 20.6% and 53.5% in the industrial sector.