Impact of foreign Direct Investment on Shares Market Value in Amman Exchange Market

Abstract

To examine the impact of foreign direct investment on share market value in Amman Exchange Market. The impact of foreign direct investment on shares market value investigated in this study needs more research and should be made on long period for the purpose of generalizing the obtained results. Collection of data required for the paper was divided in two parts: The secondary data was collected through using the reference, books, Internet and annual reports of Amman Exchange, while the primary data was collected through a self administrated questionnaire which was developed according to the objectives of the paper. This study has demonstrated that foreign direct investment in Amman Exchange Market affect price of companies shares, since it increases the demand or the supply, therefore the prices are affected either positively or negatively. This also was confirmed from the obtained data from Amman Exchange Market were foreign direct investment constitute 45%-50% of the shares market value.