The Amman Market General Index closed down by 0.16 at 2,078.36 driven mainly by a drop in the Tobacco and Cigarettes Index index which ticked down 0.08 to close at value 38,847.00. Other ASE sector indices showed mostly similar down performance with the Real Estate Index closing down 1.01 pts at value 209,764.00, the Hotels and Tourism Index closing up 1.46 pts at value 1,286.00, and the Financial Index closing down 0.39 pts at value 1,216,596.00.

The market recorded a weak trading value of JD 2,037,115.00 for the day with a total of 1,405,486.00 shares which exchanged hands through 1343 trading contracts. The Financial Index sector comprised 59.72% 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 28 to 23 with 28 issues saw declining in their stock prices compared with 23 advancing, and 41 issues that closed unchanged.

Currently, the ASE General Index is up by 27.63 for this month, knowing that the market added 579.16 to its value in the month of Jun in which the ASE Index closed at value 2,078. In addition, the total traded value in Jordanian Dinars dropped by JD 6,363,649.00 in May to reach a total of JD 6,061,629,413.00 compared with JD 6,866,203,330.00 in June.