The Amman Market General Index closed down by 0.14 at 2,110.21 driven mainly by a drop in the Tobacco and Cigarettes Index index which ticked down 0.18 to close at value 1,703,997.00. Other ASE sector indices showed similar down performance with the Real Estate Index closing down 0.88 pts at value 827,802.00, the Technology and Communications Index closing down 2.20 pts at value 59,928.00, and the Engineering and Construction Index closing down 1.28 pts at value 85,890.00.

The market recorded a weak trading value of JD 8,064,091.00 for the day with a total of 4,340,220.00 shares which exchanged hands through 2259 trading contracts. The Financial Index sector comprised 60.75% 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 40 to 29 with 40 issues saw declining in their stock prices compared with 29 advancing, and 33 issues that closed unchanged.

Currently, the ASE General Index is down by 285.01 for this month, knowing that the market lost 1020.58 of its value in the month of May in which the ASE Index closed at value 2,110. In addition, the total traded value in Jordanian Dinars dropped by JD 190,490.00 in April to reach a total of JD 8,864,704,654.00 compared with JD 5,820,773,703.00 in May.