The Amman Market General Index closed down by 0.31 at 1,836.55 driven mainly by a drop in the Tobacco and Cigarettes Index index which ticked down 1.21 to close at value 497,218.00. Other ASE sector indices showed mixed down performance with the Commercial Services Index closing down 1.68 pts at value 22,808.00, the Food and Beverages Index closing up 1.22 pts at value 10,066.00, and the Pharmaceutical and Medical Industries Index closing up 2.03 pts at value 17,602.00.

The market recorded a weak trading value of JD 9,795,927.00 for the day with a total of 7,996,257.00 shares which exchanged hands through 2920 trading contracts. The Financial Index sector comprised 37.85% 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 38 to 23 with 38 issues saw declining in their stock prices compared with 23 advancing, and 49 issues that closed unchanged.

Currently, the ASE General Index is down by 605.39 for this month, knowing that the market lost 382.79 of its value in the month of Feb in which the ASE Index closed at value 1,837. In addition, the total traded value in Jordanian Dinars increased by JD 27,424.00 in January to reach a total of JD 7,710,970,714.00 compared with JD 8,293,468,105.00 in February.