Baghdad, 08 August 2007 (Voices of Iraq)
Iraq’s Stock Exchange announced on Tuesday that it held the first session for non Iraqi investors after doing five contracts.
“Iraq Stock Exchange held first session for non Iraqi investors trading after doing five contracts for Basra Bank, Al-Warkaa Bank, Bank of Baghdad and two contracts for Al-Mamoura for real estate Investment,” the stock exchange said in a statement received by the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI).
“Arab investors achieved first non Iraqi investors trading and despite of the number of traded shares was not in big value, it was opening trading for non Iraqi Investment,” the statement also said.
The numbers of traded companies were 27, including 13 banks, one investment, one services company, 9 industrial companies, 3 hotels companies.
Generally the shares prices were increased in 6 Companies, decreased in about 16 companies, stable in 5 companies.
For today the numbers of traded shares were (507) M / shares and trading volume (938) M / ID, the price Index was about 40.529 point.
Index for Bank sector was (38.135), Index for Investment sector was (107.749), Index for services sector was (78.774), Index for industrial sector was (11.974) index for hotels sector was (15.206). Iraq Updates