Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) revealed that the value of shares bought by non-Jordanian investors at the ASE in December 2024 was JD13.1 million, representing 9.2% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD43.6 million.
The value of shares bought by non-Jordanian investors during 2024 was JD234.9 million, representing 18.6% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD293.7 million.
Arab investors purchases during December 2024 were JD11.6 million, or 88.5% of the overall purchases by non-Jordanians, while the value of non-Arab purchases amounted to JD1.5 million, constituting 11.5% of the overall purchases by non-Jordanians. Arab investors sales amounted to JD14.4 million, or 33.0% of non-Jordanians total sales, while the value of non-Arab sales amounted to JD29.2 million, representing 67.0% of the total sales by non-Jordanians.
Hence, non-Jordanian investors' ownership in companies listed on ASE as of end of December 2024 represented 47.1% of the total market value, of which 32.8% for institutional investors including companies, institutions and funds. Arab investors own 31.5% and non-Arab investors own 15.6%. At the sectoral level, the non-Jordanian ownership in the financial sector was 50.5%, in the services sector was 22.0% and 52.6% in the industrial sector.