| 2007: Arab investor buys shares with $1.6 m in Iraq stock exchange |
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August 17, 2007 The largest number of traded shares and biggest trading was the Kurdistan Bank's shares as an Arab investor implemented a contract exceeded 900 million shares at cost of $2 billion iraqi dinar. The number of traded shares increased in Iraq's Stock Exchange to reach 6.1 billions shares costing 6.3 billion iraqi dinars ($ 5 m) through implementing 312 contracts. For today the numbers of traded shares were (1.659) b/shares and trading volume (3.675) b/ID, the price Index was about 40.775 point. Index for Bank sector was (38.115), Index for Investment sector was (107.749), Index for Services Sector was (78.705), index for industrial sector was (11.891) index for hotels sector was (15.451). The numbers of traded Companies were 29 and still 19 companies are off trading floor because of their General Assembly meeting which decided to increase their capital. Source: Voice Of Iraq |