The Amman Market General Index closed by 0.00 at 1,830.47 driven mainly by a bounce in the Tobacco and Cigarettes Index index which ticked up 0.53 to close at value 79,814.00. Other ASE sector indices showed similar positive performance with the Educational Services Index closing up 1.45 pts at value 7,323.00, the Electrical Industries Index closing up 3.13 pts at value 9,245.00, and the Banks Index closing down 0.51 pts at value 206,732.00.

The market recorded a weak trading value of JD 2,743,081.00 for the day with a total of 3,978,612.00 shares which exchanged hands through 1920 trading contracts. The Financial Index sector comprised 57.55% 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 1 to 1 with 31 issues saw declining in their stock prices compared with 31 advancing, and 34 issues that closed unchanged.

Currently, the ASE General Index is down by 147.63 for this month, knowing that the market lost 827.3 of its value in the month of May in which the ASE Index closed at value 1,830. In addition, the total traded value in Jordanian Dinars increased by JD 1,216,163.00 in April to reach a total of JD 9,173,667,982.00 compared with JD 6,205,871,247.00 in May.