The Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) closed Thursday's trading session down by 0.17 percent at 1,559 points. A total of 5.3 million shares were traded through 2,730 transactions at a trading value of JD4.5 million, Jordan News Agency (Petra) reported. The closing prices of 36 companies with traded shares went up, while 40 others declined. The prices of the shares of 34 others remained unchanged.