ISX index drops further on Thurs.

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Iraq’s Stock Exchange (ISX) index went down by 1.843 percent to settle at 47.122 points at the closing of Thursday’s session, the last this week. Traded shares in Thursday’s session exceeded 571 million at a total value of over 789 million Iraqi dinars by implementing 189 contracts. Non-Iraqi investors participated with over 5 million shares, totaling more than 15 million Iraqi dinars by implementing six contracts in the banking, industrial and hotels sectors. The statement concluded that 31 companies were traded in Thursday’s session out of 95 companies registered in Iraq’s stock exchange, of which eight indexes went up, nine dropped, and 14 maintained their previous price. SS (P) 1