Amman Stock Exchange Daily Report - 20 August

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1. Amman Stock Exchange 20-Aug-17 Close AMMAN SE GENERAL INDEX 2 ,115.62 % Change Year-to-Date (YTD) -0.05% -2.52% Daily Volume (shares) 2,938,405 6 MONTHS INDEX PERFORMANCE 2,300 2,250 2,200 2,150 2,100 2,050 2,000 Best/Worst Performing Companies Best Performers BARTER CO FOR INVESTMENT & T JORDANIAN PHARMACEUTICAL MAN SALAM INTL TRANSPORT & TRAD NATIONAL CABLE & WIRE MANUF AL-AMIN FOR INVESTMENT % Change 5.00 4.65 3.45 3.23 2.90 Top Traded Companies by Value AL EQBAL CO FOR INVESTMENT P SPECIALIZED INVESTMENT COMPO JORDAN PETROLEUM REFINERY CO RUM TOURIST TRANSPORTATION C UNION INVESTMENT CORP * Source: Bloomberg Worst Performers JORDAN PETROLEUM REFINERY CO AL AMAL FINANCIAL INVESTMENT JORDAN NATL SHIPPING LINES SPECIALIZED INVESTMENT COMPO JORDAN DECAPOLIS PROPERTIES % Change (2.46) (3.33) (3.76) (4.50) (4.62) Top Traded Companies by Volume Value traded (JOD) 5,121,507 558,050 257,538 191,246 167,438 SPECIALIZED INVESTMENT COMPO BARTER CO FOR INVESTMENT & T AL EQBAL CO FOR INVESTMENT P RUM TOURIST TRANSPORTATION C JORDAN STEEL Volume traded (Shares) 515,444 369,353 196,988 194,901 134,563
2. Macroeconomic & Corporate News Jordan, Palestine to establish joint agricultural marketing company Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and his prime minister, on Thursday, discussed with Minister of Agriculture, Khaled Huneifat, and his accompanying delegation, means of boosting bilateral ties in agricultural sector. During the meeting, which was also attended by the Palestinian Minister of Agriculture, Sufian Sultan and Jordan's ambassador to Palestine Khaled Shawabkeh, both sides tackled means of enhancing agricultural marketing through establishing a joint-marketing company that will serve the interest of both countries. The meeting also touched on Jordan's participating in the "Date Palm Festival" in Palestine . Abbas highlighted Jordan's continued support to the Palestinians in all fields, stressing the depth of relations between the two brotherly countries. He also praised Jordan's support to all creative ideas that contribute to enhance coordination and cooperation between Jordan and Palestine. Jordan, Oman agree to revive old deals His Majesty King Abdullah on Sunday received Omani Minister of Foreign Affairs Yusuf Bin Alawi Bin Abdullah who conveyed to King Abdullah the greetings of Sultan of Oman Qaboos Bin Said Al Said, according to a Royal Court statement. During the meeting, which was held at Basman Palace, the King and the Omani official stressed the strength of friendly relations between the two countries and their willingness to activate cooperation agreements signed between the two sides, especially in the economic, investment, military and security fields. They also discussed the latest developments in the region, especially the situation in Yemen, Syria and Iraq, and ways of dealing with them. His Majesty expressed his appreciation for the efforts of the Sultanate of Oman to defuse crises in the region. The meeting was attended by the president of the Royal Hashemite Court, the minister of foreign affairs and expatriates, the director of His Majesty’s Office, the Omani ambassador to the Kingdom and the accompanying delegation. Jordan a country ‘ready to adapt to change’ — report Jordan has been ranked 38th globally as a country "most ready to adapt to change”, according to a recent report. The KPMG's Global Change Readiness Index (CRI) measures the ability of 136 countries — including their government, private and public enterprises, people and civil society — to embrace change in light of significant developments, such as financial instability, political and economic opportunities or risks and natural disasters. Jordan was preceded by three Arab countries: the UAE, which seized the top of the list, Saudi Arabia, which ranked 20th and Qatar, 24th. The report highlighted demographics, technology infrastructure and labour markets as the Kingdom’s strengths, while pointing out gender, enterprise sustainability and government strategic planning as aspects that the country needs to work on. According to the report, Jordan ranked 26 in enterprises’ capacity to embrace change, 46 in the government’s ability to adapt to change and 48 in people and civil society’s readiness to respond to change. * Source: Bloomberg, Jordan Times, Zawya Disclaimer Awraq Investments and its affiliates obtain information from sources they believe to be reliable, but do not warrant its accuracy or fitness for a particular purpose, and disclaim for themselves and their information providers all liability arising from the use. The Information in this publication is provided in good faith for informational purposes only. The information provided is not offered as tax, legal, or investment advice, or an offer to buy or sell securities or otherwise. The information provided in this publication may be displayed and printed for your personal, non-commercial use only. You may not reproduce, re-transmit, distribute, disseminate, sell, publish, broadcast, or circulate the information in any form or media to anyone, without the expressed written consent of Awraq Investments. Awraq Investments is not liable for any loss resulting from any action taken or reliance made by any person on any information or material posted by it. You should make your own inquiries and seek independent advice from relevant industry professionals before acting or relying on any information or material made available to you in this publication. You rely on this information at your own risk. Awraq Investments, its subsidiaries, parent, and/or any connected parties, may act or trade and/or enter into any transaction that maybe inconsistent or disregard any information contained herein.