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Advertising Feature Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (week ending: 1st Sept 2016). Please click here to download a table of listed companies and their associated ticker codes. The RSISX index ended the week at IQ740 (-1.1%) / $745 (-1.1%) (weekly change) (-32.1% and -35.0% YTD change, respectively). The number of week traded […]
By John Lee. The United Nations has advertised new positions in Iraq: Website Development and Database Management, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Specialist, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) International Consultant as Gender Expert for the Disaster Risk Reduction and Environment Project, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Communications Officer (National Position), Norwegian […]
By John Lee. Iraq's new oil minister, Jabbar al-Luaibi, has invited international oil companies to invest in four new oil refineries across the country: Kirkuk: 150,000 bpd; Kut: 100,000 bpd; Samawa: 70,000 bpd; and, Basra: 100-150,000 bpd. Contracts will be considered on both BOT (Build–Operate–Transfer) and BOO (Build–Own–Operate) bases. The Minister made the announcement during […]
Advertising Feature Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (week ending: 25th Aug 2016). Please click here to download a table of listed companies and their associated ticker codes. The RSISX index ended the week at IQ748 (-3.1%) / $753 (-3.1%) (weekly change) (-31.3% and -34.3% YTD change, respectively). The number of week traded […]
Iran Should Grab More Share of Iraq’s Foreign Trade: Official Iran’s share of neighboring Iraq’s annual foreign trade is totally inadequate, an Iranian official deplored, saying China and Turkey have overtaken Iran in exports to Iraq. Chairman of Iran-Iraq joint chamber of commerce, Yahya Al-e Eshaq, said Iraq’s market has a capacity of $190 billion […]
Advertising Feature Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (week ending: 4th Aug 2016). Please click here to download a table of listed companies and their associated ticker codes. The RSISX index ended the week at IQ769 (-1.7%) / $777 (-2.1%) (weekly change) (-29.4% and -32.2% YTD change, respectively). The number of week traded […]
Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr Ibrahim Al-Jaafari received a copy of credentials of the new Hungarian Ambassador Mr Attila Tar, on 3 August 2016, at the ministry headquarters. During the meeting, they reviewed the bilateral relations and means to promote them to serve the interest of the two friendly peoples. The minister wished the new […]
By John Lee. The Japanese government has reportedly agreed to lend $2.1 billion to Iraq to develop Basra refinery. The Head of Oil and Gas Committee of the Basra Provincial Council, Ali Shaddad [Ali Shadad Al Fares] said: “The Japanese government has agreed to lend Iraq a loan of 2.1 billion US dollars to execute […]
Advertising Feature Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (week ending: 14th July 2016). Please click here to download a table of listed companies and their associated ticker codes. The RSISX index ended the week at IQ774 (+2.0%) / $782 (+1.2%) (weekly change) (-39.0% and -31.8% YTD change, respectively). The number of week traded […]
By John Lee. Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP) has announced that the current Standstill Agreement between the Ad Hoc Committee of holders of the Notes and the Bonds and the Company expired on 1 July 2016 at 5pm BST and has not been extended. The Company is currently discussing the terms of an agreement with certain […]
This article was originally published by Niqash. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Kurdish Agree Arabs Can Own Real Estate, Sparking Controversy Last week, the governor of Sulaymaniyah ruled that Arabs could own houses and land in the area. The new rule sparked […]
Advertising Feature Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (week ending: 16th June 2016). Please click here to download a table of listed companies and their associated ticker codes. The RSISX index ended the week at IQ670 (-2.5%) / $680 (-2.1%) (weekly change) (-38.5% and -40.7% YTD change, respectively). The number of week traded […]
