Amman, Aug. 22 (Petra) -- The Amman Stock Exchange’s (ASE) total trading volume reached about JD46.9 million ($66.1 million) last week, compared with JD57.6 million in the previous week. A total of 20.8 million shares were traded through 18,661 transactions.

According to an exchange statement on Saturday, the services sector ranked first in trading volume at JD19.58 million, accounting for 41.77% of total trading. The financial sector followed with JD19.48 million, or 41.56%, while the industrial sector recorded JD7.81 million, or 16.66%.

In terms of price levels, the ASE general index of stock prices rose to 3,997.2 points at the close of the week, compared with 3,992 points the previous week, an increase of 0.13%.

Shares of 131 companies were traded during the week. Stock prices of 59 companies rose, while those of 51 companies declined.

Assas for Concrete Products topped the list of companies with the biggest share-price gains, rising 25.97%, followed by Middle East Insurance Co. with a 21.08% increase, Noor Capital Markets for Diversified Investments with 13.01%, Arab Potash Co. with 10.2%, and Arab European Insurance Group with 9.45%.

//Petra// AF