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Dunia Weekly Iraq Market Tracker

Advertising Feature Iraq Business News is delighted to bring you the latest Iraq Market Tracker report from Dunia Frontier Consultants. The market tracker highlights the activities and market performance of a basket of publicly traded firms who derive a significant percentage of their revenues from operations in Iraq, but are traded on foreign exchanges: a […]

Iraq Stock Market Report

Advertising Feature Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (week ending: 7th June 2012). Please click here to download a table of listed companies and their associated ticker codes. ID1,291 / $1.407,  (+0.7%) (weekly change). The number of week traded shares was 8.0bn and the weekly trading volume was ID13.1bn ($11.0mn).   ISX Company […]

Qatar Telecom Doubles Asiacell Stake for $1.5bn

Reuters reports that Qatar Telecom (Qtel) is to double its stake in Asiacell, Iraq's second biggest mobile operator, to 60 percent for $1.47 billion. Qtel will initially increase its stake to 53.9 percent from 30 percent, with a further increase pending Iraqi government and regulatory approval. Qtel did not identify the sellers of the stake, but […]

Dunia Weekly Iraq Market Tracker

Advertising Feature Iraq Business News is delighted to bring you the latest Iraq Market Tracker report from Dunia Frontier Consultants. The market tracker highlights the activities and market performance of a basket of publicly traded firms who derive a significant percentage of their revenues from operations in Iraq, but are traded on foreign exchanges: a […]

Iraq Stock Market Report

Advertising Feature Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (week ending: 31st May 2012). Please click here to download a table of listed companies and their associated ticker codes. ID1,282 / $1.399,  (+0.2%) (weekly change). The number of week traded shares was 9.5bn and the weekly trading volume was ID14.6bn ($12.3mn).   ISX Company […]

Iraqi Companies to List Shares in London and NY?

The chief executive of the Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX), Taha Abdulsalam, believes secondary listings for local companies on bourses in London and New York would eventually attract extra liquidity and boost trade. "That is the long-term strategy. It's not going to happen overnight, but the plan is to aim to develop the same standard of […]

Dinar Move a Plus for Stocks

Last week the Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) announced that it was authorizing the two largest state-owned banks, Rafidain Bank and Rashid Bank, to sell US dollars at auction. The CBI’s goal is to reduce the spread between its own auction rate and the unofficial “street” exchange rate, which has recently been as wide as […]

Dunia Weekly Iraq Market Tracker

Advertising Feature Iraq Business News is delighted to bring you the latest Iraq Market Tracker report from Dunia Frontier Consultants. The market tracker highlights the activities and market performance of a basket of publicly traded firms who derive a significant percentage of their revenues from operations in Iraq, but are traded on foreign exchanges: a […]

Iraq Stock Market Report

Advertising Feature Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (week ending: 24th May 2012). Please click here to download a table of listed companies and their associated ticker codes. ID1,280 / $1.397,  (+0.1%) (weekly change). The number of week traded shares was 41.4bn and the weekly trading volume was ID50.9bn ($42.7mn).   ISX Company […]

Dunia Weekly Iraq Market Tracker

Advertising Feature Iraq Business News is delighted to bring you the latest Iraq Market Tracker report from Dunia Frontier Consultants. The market tracker highlights the activities and market performance of a basket of publicly traded firms who derive a significant percentage of their revenues from operations in Iraq, but are traded on foreign exchanges: a […]

Iraq Stock Market Report

Advertising Feature Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (week ending: 3rd May 2012). Please click here to download a table of listed companies and their associated ticker codes. ID1,279 / $1.394,  (-0.6%) (weekly change). The number of week traded shares was 4.1bn and the weekly trading volume was ID8.9bn ($7.5mn).   ISX Company […]