Nayrouz News Agency : The Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) closed Thursday's trading session up by 0.27 percent at 1,722 points. A total of 8.9 million shares were traded through 2,911 transactions at a trading value of JD7.8 million.

The closing prices of 45 companies with traded shares went up, while 27 others declined. The prices of the shares of 27 others remained unchanged.