Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) revealed that the value of shares bought by non-Jordanian investors at the ASE in September 2024 was JD8.9 million, representing 11.0% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD11.5 million.
The value of shares bought by non-Jordanian investors since the beginning of the year until the end of September 2024 was JD194.7 million, representing 21.1% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD222.3 million.
Arab investors purchases during September 2024 were JD8.4 million, or 94.3% of the overall purchases by non-Jordanians, while the value of non-Arab purchases amounted to JD0.5 million, constituting 5.7% of the overall purchases by non-Jordanians. Arab investors sales amounted to JD10.9 million, or 94.3% of non-Jordanians total sales, while the value of non-Arab sales amounted to JD0.6 million, representing 5.7% of the total sales by non-Jordanians.
Hence, non-Jordanian investors' ownership in companies listed on ASE as of end of September 2024 represented 47.2% of the total market value, of which 33.0% for institutional investors including companies, institutions and funds. Arab investors own 32.0% and non-Arab investors own 15.2%. At the sectoral level, the non-Jordanian ownership in the financial sector was 50.9%, in the services sector was 22.0% and 53.1% in the industrial sector.