College of Business Administration

Master of Business Administration Program

Amman Stock Exchange

Assignment 2

Prepared by:

Student Name Student ID

Prepared for: Dr. Anas Al Qudah

Course Name: Financial Management

Course Code: FIN 512

Date of submission :
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Questions

1. Has there been an increase or decrease of the daily trading activities at the

selected Exchange? Interpret the differences in “Change %” across value, number

of shares, and number of transactions statistics.

Yes , there been an increase or decrease of the daily trading activities at the

Amman Stock Exchange. As we have seen in the value traded tab the net change

on daily base is -5,269,926 that counts -65.77%. it is negative and not good for

the market trade because stock price values are decreased.

When we have a glance at the number of shares traded then it shows that net

change on daily base is -4,160,551that counts -57.21%. It is negative and not

good for the market trade because numbers of shared traded values are decreased

as compared to 3,112,281.

When we have a glance at the number of transactions statistics then it shows that

net change on daily base is -1,824 that counts -47.54%. it is negative and not good

for the market trade because number of number of transactions statistics are

decreased. It means not many transactions as compared with previous day number

of transactions statistics.

2. Which industry sector appears to be valued most favorably? Explain your choice

of financial ratio(s) in answering this question.

From the deep study of the daily data of Amman Stock Exchange “Financial

sector” appears to be valued most favorably because Based on the stock price

index weighted by free float market capitalization the financial sector is the best

because its YTD is very high at 3.86% although the financial sector turnover is

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0.044 only. Based on turnover ratio we can say Industry sector is best to invest

because it has very high turnover ratio of 0.076 as compare to other sectors.

3. Which industry sector has the higher market capitalization and which sector

experienced the greatest change in market capitalization throughout the current

year?

Bank industry sector has the higher market capitalization of 8913.2 at 18/04/2018

that is giving an YTD of 6.63%. it is the highest YTD as compare to all other

sectors. And also the same industry banking sector experienced the greatest

change in market capitalization throughout the current year about the 6.63%

change of YTD.

4. In the Daily Bulletin, identify the company most actively traded. Which

company’s value is the lowest relative to its earnings? Which sector seems to

offer the highest dividend yield?

From the results taken from the Amman Stock Exchange Daily Bulletin, Financial

sector companies are most actively traded. The INDUSTRY” sector company’s

value is the lowest relative to its earnings that gives a turnover of 0.076%.

Banks and Financial sector seems to offer the highest dividend yield in the

Amman Stock Exchange according to the data we collected. The YTD of the

Banks and financial sector is shown in the index 1. [ CITATION 1820 \l 1033 ]

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INDEX1

DAILY SUMMARY FOR AMMAN STOCK EXCHANGE

Bibliography

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Amman Stock Exchange . (2018). Retrieved 2018, from Amman Stock Exchange :
https://www.exchange.jo/sites/default/files/Daily%20Stat_Sectors_2018_E.pdf

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