ISX trading hits ID5.9b, regains 2 points this week

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: The Iraqi Stock Exchange (ISX) this week traded over more than 3.6 billion shares worth 5.9 billion Iraqi dinars ($5.1 million), regaining 2.11 from four points it lost last week to close at 109.08. Seventeen percent of the traded shares during the three sessions of the week went to non-Iraqi investors in 302 out of a total 1407 transactions at 478.7 million worth one billion 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. AmR (P) 1