Mubasher: The Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) ended Tuesday’s trading session in the red zone, as the main index lost 0.16% or 3.48 points and closed at the level of 2,172.99 points.
The main index was dragged down by blue chip stocks, as Arab Bank, which registered the highest turnover at JOD 179,800, went down by 0.16%, as well as Jopetrol and Cairo Amman Bank which declined by 0.86% and 0.54% respectively. The three stocks combined account for more than 22.5% of the benchmark index weight.
As for the sectors performance, the services sector decreased by 0.56% as Orange lost 2.91%.
The industrial sector slipped 0.09% as Arab Aluminium led the session’s decliners and dropped 7.17%.
On the other hand, the financial sector added 0.06%, as International Cards led today’s gainers and grew 4.76%, while Ahli Bank and Jordan Kuwait Bank gained 0.87% and 0.76% respectively.
Traded volumes increased to 55.8 million shares from 6.43 million shares on yesterday’s session, while traded values reached JOD 101.8 million up from JOD 7.93 million.
