ISX index up by 3% on Tuesday

ISX-Hotels BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Iraq’s Stock Exchange (ISX) index rose by 3.314 percent to settle at 54.082 points on Tuesday session, the second this week. Traded shares in Tuesday’s session exceeded 362 million at a total value of over 690 million Iraqi dinars (nearly $585,000) by implementing 227 contracts. The banking sector achieved the highest trading volume, while the hotels sector came second. Non-Iraqi investors participated by implementing 9 contracts. The banking sector achieved a trading volume of 89.6 percent and a number of traded shares of 64.6 percent. Shares of 36 companies were traded in today’s session, of which 16 shares jumped, 5 slumped and 15 others maintained their previous levels. SH (P)/SR 1