AMMAN — The Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) closed Tuesday’s
trading session with a slight drop in the general price index of listed shares,
with the decline amounting to 0.28 percent, closing at 1,794.61 points.
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Tuesday’s decline follows Sunday’s closing on the highest index
for a year, pushed by a rise in blue-chip shares. The session was characterized
by relatively slow trading, with the total trading volume standing at JD6.2
million, where 6.5 million shares were traded through 3,215 transactions.
Companies whose share price saw a rise on Tuesday, compared
to the previous day, amounted to 29 out of 93 traded companies, while those
whose share price dropped stood at 31.
On the level of sectors, the index of the service sector
dropped by 0.76 percent, while those of the financial and industrial sectors
dropped by 0.16 percent each.
Regarding subsectors, the indices that increased are the
garment, leather and textile sector (3.40 percent), the tobacco and cigarettes
sector (1.99 percent), electronic industries (1.08 percent), food and beverages
(0.57 percent), commercial services (0.53 percent), insurance (0.33 percent),
real estate (0.08 percent), and the pharmaceuticals and medical industries
(0.08 percent).
Meanwhile, sectors whose indices declined included the
utilities and energy, chemical industries, technology and communication,
diversified financial services, hotels and tourism, engineering and
construction, banks, transportation, mining and extraction industries sectors
decreased by 1.51 percent, 0.70 percent, 0.54 percent, 0.49 percent, 0.48
percent, 0.28 percent, 0.19 percent, 0.09 percent, and 0.08 percent
respectively.
The companies whose shares gained the most were the Amwaj
Properties by 7.69 percent, Assas For Concrete Products Co. Ltd by 5 percent,
Arab Aluminium Industry by 4.84 percent, Jordan Poultry Processing &
Marketing by 4.79 percent, and Kafa’a For Financial & Economical
Investments PLC by 4.76 percent.
On the losing side, the companies whose shares dropped the
most were Al-Sharq Investments Projects Holding by 4.85 percent, Shira Real
Estate Development & Investments by 4.71 percent, Arab East Investment by
4.69 percent, Arabian Steel Pipes Manufacturing by 4.41 percent, and Ihdathiat
Co-ordinates by 3.85 percent.
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