ISX closes with 1.5-million-share contract

Arbil-Makhmour BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: The Iraqi Stock Exchange (ISX) closed its session on Thursday, the last this week, with a 1.5-million-share contract at a value of 2.25 Iraqi dinars per share. The contract with concluded by an Iraqi company, which bought the shares from the Baghdad Bank. The stock market opened its session this morning with one contract worth 100,000 shares. The contract was concluded by an Iraqi company, which bought the shares from al-Ittihad Bank at a value of 0.7 Iraqi dinars per share (1 U.S. dollar = 1,118 Iraqi dinars). The Iraqi Stock Exchange, established under Law No. 74 of the year 2004, held its first session on June 24, 2004. The stock market holds three sessions a week: Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday. SS (P)/SR 1