0 ISX opens with 5-million-share contract

Baghdad, 22 February 2008 (Voices of Iraq)

The Iraqi Stock Exchange (ISX) opened its session on Thursday with a 5-million-share contract at a value of 1,350 Iraqi dinar (1 U.S. dollar =1,223 Iraqi dinars) per share.The contract was concluded by a foreign company, which bought the shares from companies working under the al-Ahli Bank.Also during the session, an Iraqi 600,000-share contract was concluded at a value of 1,400 dinars per share.The Iraqi Stock Exchange holds three sessions a week: Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday.