Advertising Feature Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (week ending: 28th August 2014). Please click here to download a table of listed companies and their associated ticker codes. The RSISX index ended the week at ID1,516 (-0.4%)/ $1,638 (+0.5%) (weekly change) (-18.7% and -17.5% YTD change, respectively). The number of week traded shares […]
According to casualty figures released on Monday by UNAMI, a total of at least 1,420 Iraqis were killed and another 1,370 were injured in acts of terrorism and violence in August*. The number of civilians killed was 1,265 (including 77 civilian police), while the number of civilians injured was 1,198 (including 105 civilian police). A […]
From Al Jazeera. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. The US military has attacked Islamic State positions in the besieged northern Iraqi town of Amerli and airdropped humanitarian aid to civilians trapped there, the Pentagon has said. US aircraft delivered over a […]
By John Lee. The Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) has reported that 16 banks took part in its currency auction on Monday. A total of $187,306,000 was sold at a price of 1166 Iraqi Dinars (IQD) per dollar. (Source: Central Bank of Iraq)
Minister for the Middle East Tobias Ellwood (pictured) visited Iraq with the Secretary of State for International Development, Justine Greening, and the Government’s Security Envoy to the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, Lieutenant General Sir Simon Mayall, to promote political unity in the country and to urge the immediate formation of a representative government. The delegation […]
A comprehensive count carried out jointly by the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and the United Nations indicates that some 850,000 Iraqis have been displaced and sought refuge in all three Kurdistan Region governorates since January 2014. According to the Kurdish Ministry of Planning and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) the vast majority of the […]
By Shaida al-Ameen for Al-Monitor. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Thousands of Yazidi families currently face a dire humanitarian situation. They have been scattered in refugee camps, while the fate of hundreds of Yazidi girls who were kidnapped by the Islamic State (IS) remains unknown. […]
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hoshyar Zebari, recently received Vladimir McKay, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus, at the headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. During the meeting, they discussed bilateral relations between the two countries and the importance of expanding the horizons of cooperation in all fields in the forefront […]
Advertising Feature Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (week ending: 21st August 2014). Please click here to download a table of listed companies and their associated ticker codes. The RSISX index ended the week at ID1,523 (+4.9%)/ $1,631 (5.3%) (weekly change) (-18.4% and -17.9% YTD change, respectively). The number of week traded shares […]
By John Lee. In its half-yearly results, Premier Oil gave the following update on its operations in Iraq: "In Iraq, work continues onshore Block 12, in which Premier was awarded a non-operated 30 per cent interest in November 2012. Block 12 is an 8,000 square kilometre block in the foreland of the Zagros fold belt, […]
By John Lee. Talisman Energy has said that it still plans to sell its oil properties in Iraqi Kurdistan, despite the recent declaration that its Kurdamir Block was commerical. Reuters reports that the Calgary-based company plans to look for buyers for its Kurdistan assets as it continues restructuring to cut debt and boost its flagging […]
By John Lee. The Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) has reported that 18 banks took part in its currency auction on Sunday. A total of $227,144,000 was sold at a price of 1166 Iraqi Dinars (IQD) per dollar. (Source: Central Bank of Iraq)
