ASE closes trading on higher note

Saudis top ASE foreign investor list

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AMMAN — The Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) closed Tuesday's trading session up by 0.44 percent at 2,174 points. A total of 4.9 million shares were traded through 2,900 transactions at a trading value of JD5.9 million.اضافة اعلان

The closing prices of 46 companies with traded shares went up, while 30 others declined. The prices of the shares of 23 others remained stable, according to the Jordan News Agency, Petra.

Saudi investors led the list of foreign investors with top shareholders in the ASE at the end of January, with a value of JD1,018 billion, and about JD400 million in number of securities, and 2,482 in number of contributions.

The number of securities registered with the Securities Depository Center at the end of January reached 7.2 billion, with a total value of JD17.5 billion.

The ownership of the top 10 nationalities, excluding Jordanians, recorded approximately 1.7 billion shares, with a total value of JD6.3 billion.

Jordanians own about 5 billion securities, with a total value of nearly JD9.2 billion.

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