Khaberni - Mazen Al-Wazifi, the Executive Director of the Amman Stock Exchange, stated that 96% of the companies listed on the Amman Stock Exchange, numbering 162, have supplied the exchange with reviewed interim financial statements for the period ending on 30/9/2025 within the specified deadline, through the XBRL electronic disclosure system, indicating that this high percentage demonstrates the commitment of the listed companies to the provisions of the effective laws and regulations, reflecting the commitment of Jordanian companies to the principles and standards of disclosure and transparency in general.
He added that according to the securities listing instructions of the Amman Stock Exchange, all listed companies are required to provide the exchange with their audited financial data within the specified period, confirming that the exchange has circulated these financial statements through its website www.exchange.jo within the circulars and disclosures (quarterly data).
He mentioned that the after-tax profits attributable to shareholders of the mentioned companies for the first three quarters of 2025 increased to reach 1716.7 million dinars compared with 1547.9 million dinars for the same period in 2024, an increase of 10.9%. Also, the pre-tax profits for these companies reached 2383.6 million dinars for the first three quarters of 2025 compared with 2241.7 million dinars for the same period in 2024, an increase of 6.3%.
Sector-wise, the after-tax profits attributable to shareholders in the financial sector for companies that submitted their data increased by 9.3%, profits in the industrial sector increased by 15.8%, and profits in the service sector by 4.1%.
Al-Wazifi highlighted that the positive results achieved by the listed companies and the rise in net profits realized across their various sectors for the first three quarters of this year clearly indicate the positive upward trajectory of the national economy and its robustness and ability to adapt and overcome challenges, and the clear improvement in the investment environment in light of governmental stimulatory decisions for economic sectors and the implementation of economic modernization projects and positive performance indicators at the macroeconomic level, reflected in several economic sectors achieving positive growth rates, leading to an increase in the growth rate for the second quarter of this year to 2.8% higher than expected, as well as an 8% increase in national exports during the first eight months of 2025, a 6.8% increase in tourism income for the first nine months, and the foreign reserves reaching about 24 billion dollars. These positive results and others confirm the success and effectiveness of the applied economic, structural, and legislative reform policies, enhancing optimism and confidence in recording more positive indicators and achievements at the economic level.
Al-Wazifi also noted that this positive trajectory of the national economy and the results of the listed companies, along with a number of government actions aimed at stimulating trading and enhancing liquidity in the market, where investors wanting citizenship were allowed to move their investments within the stock exchange, mutual investment funds were exempted from tax, reduction of brokers' commissions, and the extension of trading hours, all contributed to improving the investment environment and enhancing the performance of the exchange, achieving benchmark performance indicators represented by a 33.3% increase in the general index of the prices of listed stocks ASEGI from the beginning of the year to the close of last Thursday, reaching 3318.1 points, the highest since 2008, a 35.2% increase in the ASE20 index, and a 45.5% increase in the total return index, in addition to an increase in the market value by 7.3 billion dinars or 41.3%.
Al-Wazifi pointed out that with the initiation of restricted trading procedures starting this Sunday, 2/11/2025, trading in the shares of Mid and Gulf Insurance - Jordan (MDGF), The Union for Financial Investments (UINV), Jordan and Emirates Investment Trading (JEDI), Jordan Investment Trust (FUND), Union Factories for Tobacco and Cigarettes (UTOB), and Jordan Steel (JOST) has been moved from the unlisted securities market back to the restricted market according to the aforementioned restrictions, due to their failure to supply the exchange with financial data for prior periods or failure to pay their financial dues or due to filing for insolvency or if the auditor's report on previous financial statements contained a negative opinion, in addition to not supplying the exchange with reviewed interim financial data for the financial period ended on 30/9/2025.
He explained that trading in the shares of the Arab Insurance Company - Jordan (AICJ) has been suspended as of this Sunday morning, 2025/11/02, due to its failure to provide the exchange with reviewed financial data for the period ended on 2025/09/30 within the specified period, noting that if the company fails to supply the exchange with the required data later, its shares will remain suspended from trading for three business days, after which they will be returned to trading according to the restrictions issued by the Board of Directors in this regards, including the reduction of its trading session duration and the allowed rise and fall percentages, until it supplies the exchange with the required financial data, under the provisions of Articles (15/a) and (15/b) of the securities listing instructions in effect.
