Over 65m shares traded in ISX 6th electronic session

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: The Iraqi Stock Exchange (ISX) on Sunday held its sixth electronic trading session, where over 65 million shares were traded at a value of over 98 million Iraqi dinars (ID). Fifty-three transactions were made during the session, in which trading took place over the shares of three joint-stock firms out of a total five registered at the ISX. The firms are the Ashur International Bank (AIB), the Commercial Bank of Iraq (CBIQ) and Ashtar Hotel. The AIB retained its share rates during the previous e-trading session at ID1.150, while the CBIQ’s and Ashtar Hotel’s shares dropped to ID1.450 and ID33.300 respectively. The ISX had witnessed the first e-trading session on April 19 over five registered companies, three banks and two hotels. The ISX holds three sessions on a weekly basis: one electronic session over five joint-stock companies on Sundays and two manual trading sessions over 86 registered companies out of a total 91 on Tuesdays and Thursdays. SS (P) 1