17.5 per cent of ASE shares bought by non-Jordanians

AMMAN — The value of shares bought by non-Jordanian investors in the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) in April reached JD19.9 million, constituting 17.5 per cent of the total trade value, ASE statistics showed on Friday.

The value of shares sold by non-Jordanians in April stood at JD20.9 million, marking a JD1million decline in the net non-Jordanian investment at ASE compared with a JD5.1million increase in the same month of 2017, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

In the January-April period, non-Jordanians bought shares worth JD99.1 million, equivalent to 19.9 per cent of the total trade volume, while they sold shares worth JD15.2 million.

Arab investors’ purchases totalled some JD49 million, while non-Arabs’ purchases amounted to JD50 million, according to the ASE data.