Iraq / Arab Summit News Agency
The Iraqi Stock Exchange announced, on Sunday, the trading of shares with a financial value of more than two billion dinars during the past week.
The market said in a report, that “the number of companies whose shares were traded during the past week amounted to 53 joint-stock companies, while the shares of 47 companies did not trade because the prices of purchase orders did not meet with the sales orders, while 3 companies continue to stop for not providing disclosure out of the 103 companies listed in the market.”
And that “the number of shares traded amounted to one billion and 380 million and 782 thousand shares, a decrease of 22% compared to the previous week, with a financial value of two billion and 247 million and 279 thousand dinars, up by 6% compared to the previous week through the implementation of 1828 deals.”
He pointed out that “the ISX60 traded prices index closed at 641.46 points, recording a decrease of 0.32% from its closing in the previous session.”
He pointed out that “the number of shares purchased from non-Iraqi investors for the past week amounted to 39 million shares, with a financial value of 36 million dinars, through the implementation of 24 deals, while the number of shares sold from non-Iraqi investors reached 73 million shares, with a financial value of 124 million dinars, through the implementation of 48 deals.
It is noteworthy that the Iraq Stock Exchange organizes five trading sessions per week, from Sunday to Thursday, and includes 103 Iraqi joint-stock companies representing the sectors of banking, communications, industry, agriculture, insurance, financial investment, tourism, hotels and services.
