ISX closes at 24m shares

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: The Iraqi Stock Exchange (ISX) on Sunday closed its first session for this week by implementing an Iraqi contract on the Basra Bank with at a trading volume of 24 million shares. A single stock was sold at 1.50 Iraqi dinars. A U.S. dollar equals 1,118 Iraqi dinars. The capital market earlier opened trading with implementation of an Iraqi contract over the Commercial Bank at a trading volume of 1.850 million shares with a rate of 1.300 Iraqi dinars per share. The ISX, in which 94 companies are registered, holds three weekly sessions on Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday. AmR (P) 1