Iraq Business News brings you the latest news of investments in Iraq, highlighting the many opportunities that exist.
Advertising Feature Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (week ending: 18th May 2017). Please click here to download a table of listed companies and their associated ticker codes. The RSISX index ended the week at IQD852 (-4.4%) / $877 (-4.4%) (weekly change) (-11.2% and -7.4% YTD change, respectively). The number of week traded […]
By John Lee. Iraq's National Investment Commission (NIC) in coordination with the Political Prisoners Firm has announced the investment opportunity of operating Al-Khalidoon Medical Center in Basra province. Interested investors are invited to visit the Political Prisoners Firm HQ (Contracts Section) in Al-Jadiriha near the Double Decker Bridge in order to obtain the details profile […]
By John Lee. Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi received the Executive Chairman of the Iraq Britain Business Council (IBBC), Baroness Emma Nicholson, at his office on Sunday. During the meeting, they discussed strengthening relations between Iraq and Britain, and increasing cooperation in all fields, especially economic, ensuring that the doors of investment are open to international […]
Advertising Feature Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (week ending: 11th May 2017). Please click here to download a table of listed companies and their associated ticker codes. The RSISX index ended the week at IQD890 (-1.8%) / $917 (-1.8%) (weekly change) (-7.2% and +3.2% YTD change, respectively). The number of week traded […]
The Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs has decided to include new projects in Iraq, which have been banned due to the worsening situation in Iraq since ISIL captured Mosul in 2014, in the list of cases to be considered for exceptional permission for use of passports. Since ISIL seized Mosul in June 2014, the Passport […]
Advertising Feature Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (week ending: 4th May 2017). Please click here to download a table of listed companies and their associated ticker codes. The RSISX index ended the week at IQD907 (-2.0%) / $934 (-1.6%) (weekly change) (-5.5% and +1.3% YTD change, respectively). The number of week traded […]
Iraq’s first conference for the preparation of the National Development Plan Iraq’s Ministry of Planning launched the first round of discussions on the National Development Plan of Iraq (NDP) 2018-2022. The three-day conference was jointly organized in Erbil by the Ministry of Planning and the Local Area Development Programme (LADP), a project implemented by the […]
The Prime Minister of Iraqi Kurdistan has said the Region is safe and secure for investment, and encouraged foreign businesses to return to Kurdistan after the defeat of the so-called Islamic State (IS, ISIS, ISIL, Daesh) terror organization. Speaking at the opening ceremony of a new five-star hotel in Erbil, Nechirvan Barzani said: "Lebanese investors […]
By John Lee. Kuwait Energy has announced that it intends to proceed with an initial public offering (IPO), and to list on the main market of the London Stock Exchange (LSE). In a statement to the markets this morning, the company said it expected to raise gross primary proceeds of approximately $150 million from the […]
Vikas Handa is joining the Iraq Britain Business Council (IBBC) as the UAE Representative to run the IBBC office in Dubai and will be responsible for the overall outreach in the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) region. Many IBBC members will know Vikas, who previously headed Weir Oil & Gas operations in the Eastern […]
Advertising Feature Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (week ending: 20th Apr 2017). Please click here to download a table of listed companies and their associated ticker codes. The RSISX index ended the week at IQD947 (-1.6%) / $972 (-1.6%) (weekly change) (-1.3% and +2.6% YTD change, respectively). The number of week traded […]
By Ashley Goodall. Back to the future. The restoration of Iraq and British expertise. Iraq has been in the news for a generation and our perceptions have been coloured by conflict and the near destruction of the Middle East’s most wealthy and civilised country. In the 1970’s Iraq was not only a secular and relatively […]
