The Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) concluded 2025 with record performance, positioning it among the world’s top markets. It ranked first in the Arab region and thirteenth globally in terms of index growth, according to Bloomberg. This performance followed a positive upward trend since the end of 2024 across several indicators, especially the ASE General Index weighted by free float shares (ASEGI), which rose to 3,611.6 points by the end of 2025, compared with 2,488.8 points at the end of 2024, representing a 45.1% increase. Notably, the 2025 close representing the highest level since 2007. The ASE20 Index also increased to 1,978.6 points by the end of 2025, compared with 1,344.0 points at the end of 2024, an increase of 47.2%. The ASE Total Return Index (ASETR), which measures changes in shares prices for companies included in the index along with cash distributions assuming reinvestment in the shares of index companies, rose to 2,602.1 points by the end of 2025, compared with 1,641.5 points at the end of 2024, an increase of 58.5%. The market capitalization of listed companies on the ASE increased to approximately JD26.5 billion, marking the highest annual closing value since 2007 and an increase of 50.1%, compared with the end of 2024. The growth rate in market capitalization represents the highest annual growth since 2005.
Trading value increased in 2025 to approximately JD2.2 billion, compared with about JD1.2 billion in 2024, an increase of 80.6%. The number of shares traded during 2025 reached approximately 1.1 billion shares executed through about 747 thousand contracts, compared with 913.2 million shares traded in 2024 through about 543 thousand contracts.
Several sectors recorded an increase in the prices of their listed companies' shares by the end of 2025, including: Electrical Industries 119.0%, Mining and Extraction Industries 77.3%, Transportation 51.8%, Banks 45.7%, Textiles, Leathers and Clothing Industries 42.1%, Utilities and Energy 37.0%, and Real Estate 35.2%. Additionally, the share prices of 106 listed companies rose, including 90 companies whose share prices increased by 10% or more.
The Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) signed an MoU with the Astana International Exchange (AIX) during the Jordan–Kazakhstan Business Forum to enhance cooperation, information exchange, and investment opportunities, and to support market development, innovation, and green finance within the strategic partnership between the two countries.