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Advertising Feature Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (week ending: 6th January 2022). Please click here to view a table of listed companies and their associated ticker codes. The RSISX index ended the week at IQD938 (+2.2%) / $823 (+2.2%) (weekly change) (+2.2% and +2.2% YTD change, respectively). The number of week traded […]
By John Lee. The head of Iraq's National Investment Commission (NIC), Ms. Suha Daoud Najjar [Suha Dawood Najar] has reiterated the importance of reviving the Iraqi Marshes, and enabling them to receive tourists. At a meeting with the Director General of the Marshes, Mr. Hussein Ali Hussein, and his accompanying delegation, she said investment opportunities […]
The Board of Governors of China's Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has approved the application of Iraq to join the Bank. Iraq becomes AIIB's 51st regional member, bringing the Bank's approved membership to 105 in total. As a multilateral development bank with the mission of financing infrastructure for tomorrow, AIIB aims to support its members […]
Advertising Feature Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (week ending: 27th December 2021). Note: ISX will be closed during Dec. 28, 2021 - Dec. 30, 2021 due to the end-of-year closing operations. The next trading session will be held on Jan. 2, 2022. Please click here to view a table of listed companies […]
Advertising Feature Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (week ending: 23th December 2021). Please click here to view a table of listed companies and their associated ticker codes. The RSISX index ended the week at IQD908 (+1.2%) / $796 (+1.4%) (weekly change) (+25.2% and +20.1% YTD change, respectively). The number of week traded […]
By John Lee. The Ministry of Finance has directed the Public Debt Department, in cooperation with the Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) to launch a second issue of construction bonds, which will be tradable on the stock market. The bonds, also know as a "binaa bonds", will be available for trading for a period of […]
By Ahmed Tabaqchali, Chief Strategist of AFC Iraq Fund. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Following a strong performance over the last ten months, the market, as measured by the Rabee Securities RSISX USD Index, was down 12.2% for the month as […]
Advertising Feature Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (week ending: 16th December 2021). Please click here to view a table of listed companies and their associated ticker codes. The RSISX index ended the week at IQD897 (-0.7%) / $785 (-0.7%) (weekly change) (+23.7% and +18.5% YTD change, respectively). The number of week traded […]
Sustainable Living in Iraq: A Milestone 1,000 SMEs Financed Through IOM's Enterprise Development Fund At the conclusion of Iraq's devastating conflict with the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), small and medium enterprises (SMEs) found themselves without access to the finance necessary to rebuild in the wake of the war's large-scale destruction. In […]
By John Lee. The Iraqi Cabinet (pictured) has authorised the Minister of Finance to borrow $76 million from the state-owned Trade Bank of Iraq (TBI) to finance the Great Samawa Water Project. (Source: General Secretariat for the Council of Ministers)
UNDP Iraq and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) have signed a renewed partnership agreement to monitor and support acceleration of the implementation of socio-economic infrastructure projects in Iraq. The projects are implemented by the Government of Iraq (GoI) with loan assistance from JICA with the aim of improving the economic recovery and living conditions […]
Advertising Feature Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (week ending: 9th December 2021). Please click here to view a table of listed companies and their associated ticker codes. The RSISX index ended the week at IQD904 (+3.3%) / $791 (+3.3%) (weekly change) (+24.6% and +19.3% YTD change, respectively). The number of week traded […]
