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Advertising Feature Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (week ending: 4th Feb 2016). Please click here to download a table of listed companies and their associated ticker codes. The RSISX index ended the week at IQD977 (+5.7%) / $1015 (+5.7%) (weekly change) (-10.3% and -11.4% YTD change, respectively). The number of week traded […]
By John Lee. The Iraqi government is reportedly considering the sale of more than 600,000 state-owned properties, including around 1,000 that formerly belonged to Saddam Hussein. The sale could potentially yield $150 billion, helping to bolster the country's finances as it struggles to cope with lower oil prices. But according to a report from The […]
Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr Ibrahim Al-jaafari received the head of the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Mr Shinichi Kitaoka, at the Ministry Headquarter, in Baghdad. The two sides discussed horizons of mutual relations and means to promote them in order to meet the aspirations of the two friendly countries. The minister said that Iraq […]
Advertising Feature Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (week ending: 21st Jan 2016). Please click here to download a table of listed companies and their associated ticker codes. The RSISX index ended the week at IQD944 (-2.0%) / $973 (-2.0%) (weekly change) (-13.4% and -15.1% YTD change, respectively). The number of week traded […]
Advertising Feature Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (week ending: 14th Jan 2016). [Click here to take part in our stock market poll.] Please click here to download a table of listed companies and their associated ticker codes. The RSISX index ended the week at IQD964 (-5.3%) / $993 (-7.2%) (weekly change) (-11.6% […]
The Rabee Securities ISX Index (RSISX) fell 6.7 percent in the first week of 2016, reflecting the mood in world markets generally, to end the week at IQD 1017. This follows a drop of 22 percent in 2015 (closing at 1090), and more than 25 percent in 2014. The question for investors is where does […]
Advertising Feature Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (week ending: 7th Jan 2016). Please click here to download a table of listed companies and their associated ticker codes. The RSISX index ended the week at IQD1017 / $1169 (-6.7% weekly; -6.7% YTD change). The number of week traded shares was 3.6bn and the […]
By John Lee. Iraq is reportedly planning to sell shares in the $1.3-billion Grand Faw container port to the public. The head of the Basra provincial council, Sabah Al-Bazooni, told Bloomberg Business that the local government in Basra will seek permission from Baghdad in the coming days to set up a holding company to sell the […]
Advertising Feature Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (week ending: 27th Dec 2015). Note: ISX will be closed during December 28, 2015 - January 2, 2016 due to the end-of-year closing operations. The next session will be held on Sunday, January 3, 2016. Please click here to download a table of listed companies […]
Advertising Feature Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (week ending: 24th Dec 2015). Note: ISX will be closed during December 28, 2015 - January 2, 2016 due to the end-of-year closing operations. The next session will be held on Sunday, January 3, 2016. Please click here to download a table of listed companies […]
By Mark DeWeaver. In October I had the good fortune to spend some time in Sulimaniyah, at the American University of Iraq’s Institute for International and Regional Studies, where I worked on a research project with a group of student assistants. Our objective was to document the effects of the KRG budget crisis on the […]
Advertising Feature Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (week ending: 3rd Dec 2015). Please click here to download a table of listed companies and their associated ticker codes. The RSISX index ended the week at ID991 / $1,037 (+3.9%) (weekly change) (-28.9% and -30.0% YTD change, respectively). The number of week traded shares […]
