Amman, Aug. 18 (Petra) — Statistics released by the Amman Stock
Exchange (ASE) showed that stock purchases by non-Jordanian investors
through the market reached 32.8 million Jordanian dinars ($46.2
million) in July, representing 10.7 percent of total trading volume,
while non-Jordanian stock sales during the same period totaled 46.3
million dinars.

Cumulative non-Jordanian stock purchases from the beginning of the
year through the end of July reached approximately 231.6 million
dinars, accounting for 11.7 percent of total trading volume, compared
to 281.8 million dinars in stock sales by foreign investors over the
same period.

Arab investor purchases in July amounted to 30.2 million dinars, or
92.2 percent of total non-Jordanian purchases, while their sales
reached 44.6 million dinars, or 96.3 percent of total non-Jordanian
sales. Non-Arab foreign purchases totaled 2.6 million dinars (7.8
percent of non-Jordanian purchases), while non-Arab sales stood at
1.7 million dinars (3.7 percent of non-Jordanian sales).

According to ASE data, non-Jordanian ownership in listed companies
represented 46.1 percent of total market capitalization at the end of
July, with institutional investors including companies, institutions,
and funds holding 32.5 percent.

Arab investors held 30.0 percent of total market capitalization,
while non-Arab investors held 16.1 percent. By sector, non-Jordanian
ownership reached 48.1 percent in the financial sector, 22.7 percent
in the services sector, and 51.0 percent in the industrial sector.

//Petra// AF