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By John Lee. Following its recent fine on mobile phone operators Asiacell and Korek, Iraq's communications regulator is to fine Zain Iraq $12,864 a day since September of last year for failing to list on the country's stock exchange, according to Reuters. The three companies are required to list on the local stock exchange as […]
Advertising Feature Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (week ending: 5th July 2012). Please click here to download a table of listed companies and their associated ticker codes. ID1,310 / $1.429, (-0.8%) (weekly change). The number of week traded shares was 15.3bn and the weekly trading volume was ID21.7bn ($18.3mn). ISX Company […]
Iraq's communications regulator has decided to fine mobile phone operator Asiacell $8,500 per day since September 1, 2011 for failing to list on the local stock exchange, according to a report from Reuters. Ahmed Alomary, commissioner of Iraq's Communications and Media Commission (CMC), also told the agency that the regulator had also decided to fine […]
Earlier this month, the Iraq Securities Commission (ISC) announced that it would be moving against violations of its Regulation 16, which covers insider trading. Effective July 1, the Commission threatened to bar violators from trading and to cancel their trades. Regulation 16 defines insiders as including members of a company’s board of directors and their […]
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 […]
Advertising Feature Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (week ending: 21st June 2012). Please click here to download a table of listed companies and their associated ticker codes. ID1,300 / $1.418, (+0.7%) (weekly change). The number of week traded shares was 44.4bn and the weekly trading volume was ID41.1bn ($34.5mn). ISX Company […]
The Central Bank of Iraq’s June 30 deadline for private-sector banks to raise capital to IQD 150 billion is fast approaching. Yet of the 21 ISX-listed lenders only three—North Bank (BNOR), United Bank (BUND), and Kurdistan Bank (BKUI)—have reached the target so far. Rabee Securities’ most recent bank sector report found that as of June […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
