The Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) closed Thursday's trading session up by 0.78 percent at 1,654 points. A total of 7.3 million shares were traded through 1,765 transactions at a trading value of JD4.6 million, Jordan News Agency (Petra) reported. The closing prices of 38 companies with traded shares went up, while 30 others declined. The prices of the shares of 23 others remained stable.