The Amman Market General Index closed down by 0.19 at 2,099.21 driven mainly by a drop in the Pharmaceutical and Medical Industries Index index which ticked down 2.26 to close at value 141,928.00. Other ASE sector indices showed similar down performance with the Educational Services Index closing down 0.54 pts at value 78,907.00, the Utilities and Energy Index closing down 0.45 pts at value 181,167.00, and the Electrical Industries Index closing up 1.31 pts at value 42,368.00.

The market recorded a weak trading value of JD 3,359,932.00 for the day with a total of 3,139,063.00 shares which exchanged hands through 2316 trading contracts. The Financial Index sector comprised 59.06% 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 19 to 15 with 38 issues saw declining in their stock prices compared with 30 advancing, and 45 issues that closed unchanged.

Currently, the ASE General Index is up by 55.07 for this month, knowing that the market added 2380.51 to its value in the month of Oct in which the ASE Index closed at value 2,099. In addition, the total traded value in Jordanian Dinars dropped by JD 1,418,539.00 in September to reach a total of JD 5,366,956,912.00 compared with JD 6,330,957,580.00 in October.