Al-Wazifi said that the results achieved by the stock exchange during 2025 came despite the difficult circumstances in the region and the world and the state of uncertainty, as a result and reflection of the positive and ascending performance of the national economy and its strength and ability to adapt and overcome challenges and the clear improvement of the investment environment in light of the government's incentive decisions for economic sectors, supporting growth, stimulating investment, and supporting Jordan's position as a regional and international destination attractive for investment and implementing major projects and economic modernization projects, in addition to positive macroeconomic performance indicators, represented by the achievement of many economic sectors of positive growth rates, rising exports and investments, remittances from Jordanians, containing inflation rates, reaching foreign reserves to nearly 28.4 billion dinars, and political, monetary, and financial stability. These results were also supported by the strong performance of the listed companies on the stock exchange, where these companies achieved an increase in their net profits for 2025 by 12.9% to be the second highest historical profits achieved by the listed companies on the stock exchange, in addition to a number of direct government measures aimed at stimulating trading and liquidity in the market, the most important of which were allowing investors wishing to obtain Jordanian citizenship to move their investments within the stock exchange, exempting mutual investment funds from tax, reducing brokerage fees, and increasing trading times, with the market enjoying a legislative, regulatory, and technical infrastructure according to the latest international standards and practices, and the concerted efforts of all relevant parties, including the Securities Commission, the Securities Depository Center, listed companies, and financial services companies, indicating that the stock exchange will continue to work on developing the Jordanian financial market, enhancing its competitiveness and attractiveness for local and foreign investments, and developing its electronic systems, legislative and technical frameworks according to the latest international standards and practices, and implementing the projects of the Economic Modernization Vision and its strategic plan.
He pointed out that the stock exchange continued this year on its positive and ascending path in light of the continued positive trend of the national economy, where the general index recorded an increase of 15.7%, the total return index increased by 20.1%, the market value of the listed shares increased by 14.5%, in addition to the achievement of the listed companies of the second highest historical profits for the first half of this year, with an increase of 14.3% compared to the same period of 2025, and the trading volume increased by 65.3%, and the daily trading volume rate increased from 8.8 million dinars to 13.4 million dinars, until the end of yesterday.
Al-Wazifi said that the award represents an important appreciation of the efforts made by the Amman Stock Exchange and market institutions in developing regulatory and technical frameworks, its performance, and enhancing its position at the level of Arab and global financial markets, confirming that this achievement reflects the confidence of investors in the market and the national economy, the efficiency of the work system in the stock exchange and the national capital market, and the continuous keenness to develop the investment environment and raise the level of financial services and products provided.
It should be noted that the conference was attended by a wide participation from the leaders of stock exchanges, Arab capital market institutions, regulatory authorities, clearing, settlement, and depository institutions, brokerage companies, asset managers, and investors, in addition to a group of experts and decision-makers from regional and international markets, and the conference formed a platform for exchanging experiences and viewpoints on the latest developments and trends in the capital markets industry, and discussing ways to enhance the efficiency and competitiveness of the markets and improve their infrastructure.
