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Advertising Feature Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (week ending: 4th January 2024). Please click here to view a table of listed companies and their associated ticker codes. RSISX Index Change RSISX Index Closings Change (w/w) (%) Change (YTD) (%) RSISX IQD Index 1,534.0 -1.3% -1.3% RSISX USD Index 1,508.3 […]
The Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) index has closed the year up more than 97 percent in USD terms. According to date from Rabee Securities, the biggest winner was Al-Ameen Estate Investments, which gained more than 500 percent, while the biggest loser was National Islamic Bank, which more than halved in value: RSISX Index […]
Advertising Feature Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (week ending: 28th December 2023). Note: ISX will be closed on December 31, 2023 and January 1, 2024 due to the end-of-year closing operations. The next trading session will be held on Jan. 2, 2024. Please click here to view a table of listed companies […]
Advertising Feature Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (week ending: 21th December 2023). Please click here to view a table of listed companies and their associated ticker codes. RSISX Index Change RSISX Index Closings Change (w/w) (%) Change (YTD) (%) RSISX IQD Index 1,547.0 -1.0% 69.9% RSISX USD Index 1,521.2 […]
By John Lee. The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has issued two new guides to investment in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI): Doing Business In Kurdistan Region: This guide has been prepared to provide an overview of the KRI, it's economy and way of life, and introduces the financial, legal, and tax issues that are […]
By John Lee. The Turkish Foreign Minister, Hakan Fidan, and the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Fuad Hussein, met in Ankara on Tuesday, accompanied by high-level security and military officials from both countries. Talks covered issues related to counterterrorism, security, and water resources, with both sides committing to continue developing relations. The meeting included […]
By Aram Mahmood, for the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. The Case of Iraq Underscores the Need of an International Anti-Corruption Court Given the inability-or unwillingness-of Iraqi institutions to adequately combat corruption, the need for […]
By John Lee. France and the United Kingdom are to co-chair the Iraq Economic Contact Group (IECG) from the start of January. In a statement, the group added that, as friends and partners of Iraq, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the European Union, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the World Bank commit to […]
Advertising Feature Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (week ending: 14th December 2023). Please click here to view a table of listed companies and their associated ticker codes. RSISX Index Change RSISX Index Closings Change (w/w) (%) Change (YTD) (%) RSISX IQD Index 1,563.1 6.1% 71.7% RSISX USD Index 1,537.0 […]
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), part of the World Bank Group, is supporting Sama Al-Manar and Manar FZCO, subsidiaries of Türkiye-based Tiryaki Agro, in developing a new state-of-the-art agro-industrial complex in Iraq's Umm Qasr Port, including a soybean crushing plant and warehouses, which will help bolster food security, create jobs, and diversify the country's economy […]
From the Iraq Britain Business Council (IBBC): IBBC's two-day conference success 'Building a sustainable future for Iraq'. IBBC held an expanded two- day conference in Dubai to coincide with Cop 28 to focus on 'a sustainable future for Iraq', with one day dedicated to Education and Training and one for Business, Investment, and Energy. IBBC […]
By John Lee. Saudi Arabia has reportedly made $3 billion available for investment in Iraq. The country's ambassador to Iraq, Abdulaziz Al-Shammari (pictured), told the state-run Iraqi News Agencyt (INA) that, "$3 billion is now available at the Public Investment Fund ... coordination is underway between the fund of Iraq for development and the investment […]
