ISX opens with one-million-share contract

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: The Iraqi Stock Exchange (ISX) opened its session on Thursday, the last this week, with one contract worth one million shares. The contract was concluded by an Iraqi company, which bought the shares from the Middle East Bank at a value of 2.1 Iraqi dinars (1 U.S. dollar = 1,118 Iraqi dinars) per share. 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. SS (P) 1