Tag Archives | stock market

NBK Makes Custody Breakthrough

By Mark DeWeaver. In a move that is likely to mark the start of a new era for the Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX), National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) has begun offering custody support services for ISX-listed shares through its 80%-held subsidiary Credit Bank of Iraq. This is arguably the most important step forward for the […]

Iraq Stock Market Report

Advertising Feature Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (week ending: 14th February 2013). Please click here to download a table of listed companies and their associated ticker codes. ID1,634 / $1,767 (-0.8%) (weekly change). The number of week traded shares was 36.7bn and the weekly trading volume was ID140bn ($116.6mn).   ISX Company […]

Iraq Stock Market Report

Advertising Feature Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (week ending: 7th February 2013). Please click here to download a table of listed companies and their associated ticker codes. ID1,646 / $1,780 (+0.4%) (weekly change). The number of week traded shares was 92.7bn and the weekly trading volume was ID1520bn ($1.3bn).   ISX Company […]

Iraq Stock Market Report

Advertising Feature Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (week ending: 31st January 2013). Please click here to download a table of listed companies and their associated ticker codes. ID1,639 / $1,773 (+3.8%) (weekly change). The number of week traded shares was 7.6bn and the weekly trading volume was ID11.3bn ($9.4mn).   ISX Company […]

Iraq Stock Market Report

Advertising Feature Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (week ending: 24th January 2013). Please click here to download a table of listed companies and their associated ticker codes. ID1,580 / $1,709  (-2.1%) (weekly change). The number of week traded shares was 19.5bn and the weekly trading volume was ID23.7bn ($19.8mn).   ISX Company […]

Iraq Stock Market Report

Advertising Feature Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (week ending: 17th January 2013). Please click here to download a table of listed companies and their associated ticker codes. ID1,613 / $1,745  (-0.6%) (weekly change). The number of week traded shares was 23.3bn and the weekly trading volume was ID30.5bn ($25.4mn).   ISX Company […]

Try Iraq for a True Frontier Market

By John Lee. Writing in the Financial Times, a partner at a London-based financial advisory business suggests Iraq as a true frontier market investment. Citing precedents such as Japan in the early 1960s and Russia in 1995, Richard Greer, a partner at Laurel Capital Kingsway LLP, says: "The greatest opportunities for emerging market investors have […]

Iraq Stock Market Report

Advertising Feature Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (week ending: 10th January 2013). Please click here to download a table of listed companies and their associated ticker codes. ID1,623 / $1,755  (+0.5%) (weekly change). The number of week traded shares was 19.0bn and the weekly trading volume was ID33.7bn ($28.1mn).   ISX Company […]

ISX Cracks Down on Speculators

By Mark DeWeaver. On December 13 the ISX amended the Iraq Depository Center (IDC) bylaws to prohibit investors from owning the same names in accounts at different brokers. The new rule, which went into effect on January 7, requires anyone holding stocks in the same company through different brokerage accounts to transfer all of their […]

Iraq Stock Market Report

Advertising Feature Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (week ending: 26th December 2012). Please click here to download a table of listed companies and their associated ticker codes. ID1,615 / $1,747  (-1.8%) (weekly change). The number of week traded shares was 16.4bn and the weekly trading volume was ID25.3bn ($21.1mn). Note: ISX will […]

Iraq Stock Market Report

Advertising Feature Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (week ending: 20th December 2012). Please click here to download a table of listed companies and their associated ticker codes. ID1,644 / $1,779  (-0.8%) (weekly change). The number of week traded shares was 15.8bn and the weekly trading volume was ID23.6bn ($19.7mn). Note: ISX will […]