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The Kingdom’s oil bill in the first eight months of the year dropped by a staggering 50.1 per cent, compared with the same period of 2019, the Department of Statistics (DoS) said on Monday.   The value of the oil bill in the first eight months of 2020 dropped to JD836.5 million, compared with JD1.677 billion in the same period

The Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) closed Monday’s trading session down by 0.06 percent at 1,554 points. A total of 5 million shares were traded through 1,938 transactions at a trading value of JD3.9 million.   The closing prices of 24 companies with traded shares went up, while 36 others declined. The prices of the shares of 39 others remained unchanged.

Jordan’s trade balance deficit in the first eight months of 2020 slumped by 22.7 per cent to JD4.076 billion against JD5.272 billion in the same period of 2019, according to official figures released Monday.   The Kingdom’s total exports edged down by 5.1 per cent in the January-August period standing at JD3.630 billion from JD3.825 billion in the corresponding period

Prices of oil derivatives in international markets slightly dropped during the third week of October, according to data released on Monday by the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources.   According to the data, the price of 90-octane gasoline declined by 0.3 percent, going from $383.3 to $382.2 per ton, while the price of 95-octane gasoline went down from $395.4

The Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) opened Monday trading session lower at 1,554 points from its last session closure of 1,555 points.   In the first hour of today’s trading session, the index ranged between 1,554 and 1,556 points at a trading value of JD844,000.   Source: Jordan News Agency

The volume of the telecommunications and information technology sector’s investments hve amounted to about JD178 million during 2019, up by 31% from 2018, announced the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) in a press statement on Sunday.   The investment volume in the mobile phone sector has risen by 52% last year to reach JD141 million, in comparison to JD93 million in