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Iraq Stock Market Report

Advertising Feature Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (week ending: 1st January 2015). Note: ISX will be closed during December 30, 2014 - January 6, 2015 due to the end-of-year closing operations. The next session will be held on Wednesday, January 7, 2015. Please click here to download a table of listed companies […]

Iraq Stock Market Report

Advertising Feature Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (week ending: 25th December 2014). Note: ISX will be closed during December 30, 2014 - January 6, 2015 due to the end-of-year closing operations. The next session will be held on Wednesday, January 7, 2015. Please click here to download a table of listed companies […]

Germany Continues to Encourage Investment in KRI

Kurdistan Regional Government Prime Minister, Nechirvan Barzani, on Monday received Mr. Georg Enzweiler, on the occasion of his appointment as Germany’s new Consul General to the Kurdistan Region. Mr. Enzweiler expressed his pleasure to be appointed as his country’s Consul General to Kurdistan Region and hoped to further develop bilateral relations between Germany and the […]

Iraq Stock Market Report

Advertising Feature Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (week ending: 11th December 2014). Please click here to download a table of listed companies and their associated ticker codes. The RSISX index ended the week at ID1,373 (+0.2%)/ $1,489 (+0.2%) (weekly change) (-26.4% and -25.0% YTD change, respectively). The number of week traded shares […]

Iraq Stock Market Report

Advertising Feature Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (week ending: 4th December 2014). Please click here to download a table of listed companies and their associated ticker codes. The RSISX index ended the week at ID1,370 (+0.2%)/ $1,486 (+0.3%) (weekly change) (-26.5% and -25.2% YTD change, respectively). The number of week traded shares […]

Iraq Stock Market Report

Advertising Feature Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (week ending: 27th November 2014). Please click here to download a table of listed companies and their associated ticker codes. The RSISX index ended the week at ID1,368 (-1.0%)/ $1,482 (-0.8%) (weekly change) (-26.7% and -25.4% YTD change, respectively). The number of week traded shares […]

Iraq Stock Market Report

Advertising Feature Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (week ending: 20th November 2014). Please click here to download a table of listed companies and their associated ticker codes. The RSISX index ended the week at ID1,382 (-0.1%)/ $1,493 (-0.1%) (weekly change) (-25.9% and -24.8% YTD change, respectively). The number of week traded shares […]

Shake-up Planned for Erbil Stock Exchange

By John Lee. At a meeting of the Economic Council of the Kurdistan Region on Monday, the progress in setting up the Erbil Stock Exchange (ESX) was reviewed, and it looks like a shake-up in personnel can be expected. A statement from the KRG read: "In order for the Exchange to operate according to the […]

Successful Rights Offering for WesternZagros

By John Lee. WesternZagros Resources has announced the successful closing of its rights offering which expired on November 14, 2014. The Rights Offering, together with the equity backstop arrangement provided by the Company's largest shareholder, Crest Energy International LLC, generated CDN$200 million in gross proceeds to the Company which will be used to fund development […]

Iraq Stock Market Report

Advertising Feature Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (week ending: 13th November 2014). Please click here to download a table of listed companies and their associated ticker codes. The RSISX index ended the week at ID1,383 (+2.5%)/ $1,495 (+2.2%) (weekly change) (-25.8% and -24.7% YTD change, respectively). The number of week traded shares […]

NASDAQ Launches New Tech for ISX

By John Lee. Nasdaq and the Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) have announced today the successful on-schedule go-live of the X-stream Trading technology, which replaced the existing Horizon platform. Nasdaq has delivered trading technology to ISX since 2007. The X-stream Trading upgrade provides ISX with a widely deployed high-end, multi-asset trading platform that complies with international […]

Iraq Stock Market Report

Advertising Feature Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (week ending: 6th November 2014). Please click here to download a table of listed companies and their associated ticker codes. The RSISX index ended the week at ID1,350 (-3.1%)/ $1,463 (-2.8%) (weekly change) (-27.6% and -26.3% YTD change, respectively). The number of week traded shares […]