The Amman Market General Index closed up by 0.27 at 1,814.50 driven mainly by a bounce in the Tobacco and Cigarettes Index index which ticked up 1.64 to close at value 156,103.00. Other ASE sector indices showed similar positive performance with the Industrial Index closing up 0.71 pts at value 494,758.00, the Chemical Industries Index closing up 0.83 pts at value 100,486.00, and the Insurance Index closing down 0.44 pts at value 93,238.00.

The market recorded a weak trading value of JD 4,118,091.00 for the day with a total of 3,599,455.00 shares which exchanged hands through 2118 trading contracts. The Financial Index sector comprised 73.37% 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 8 to 7 with 32 issues saw declining in their stock prices compared with 28 advancing, and 44 issues that closed unchanged.

Currently, the ASE General Index is up by 0.58 for this month, knowing that the market added 5.5599999999999 to its value in the month of Sep in which the ASE Index closed at value 1,815. In addition, the total traded value in Jordanian Dinars increased by JD 7,468.00 in August to reach a total of JD 5,521,518,448.00 compared with JD 5,565,223,142.00 in September.