The Amman Market General Index closed strongly down by 0.87 at 1,907.49 driven mainly by a drop in the Mining and Extraction Industries Index index which ticked down 2.31 to close at value 379,231.00. Other ASE sector indices showed mostly similar down performance with the Tobacco and Cigarettes Index closing up 0.81 pts at value 3,754.00, the Industrial Index closing down 1.44 pts at value 992,902.00, and the Insurance Index closing down 1.47 pts at value 36,013.00.

The market recorded a weak trading value of JD 5,505,248.00 for the day with a total of 7,327,003.00 shares which exchanged hands through 3574 trading contracts. The Financial Index sector comprised 50.09% of the total trading value in Jordanian Dinars.

In a broader view, the declining issues surpassed those of the advancing issues by a ratio of 59 to 34 with 59 issues saw declining in their stock prices compared with 34 advancing, and 47 issues that closed unchanged.

Currently, the ASE General Index is up by 19.64 for this month, knowing that the market added 417.05 to its value in the month of May in which the ASE Index closed at value 1,907. In addition, the total traded value in Jordanian Dinars increased by JD 258,239.00 in April to reach a total of JD 4,637,629,493.00 compared with JD 2,851,007,868.00 in May.