Amman-Mubasher: Non-Jordanian investors ownership in companies listed on the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) represented 49.9% of the total market value in the first eight months of 2015, according to a bourse filing.

The total value of shares that were bought by non-Jordanian investors stood at JOD 59.9 million in August, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JOD 64.1 million. As a result, the net of non-Jordanian investments showed a decrease of JOD 4.2 million in August.

The total value of shares that were bought by non-Jordanian investors was JOD 375.5 million by the end of August, while the value of shares sold by them totalled JOD 372.5 million.

Arab purchases reached JOD 322.7 million as at August 31, while the value of non-Arab purchases came to JOD 52.8 million.