Iraq's index closed higher amid declining liquidity

by **Ponee** Sun Feb 25, 2018 4:41 pm

The general index rose 0.32% by the end of trading

25 February 2018 02:07 PM

The index of the Iraqi Stock Exchange ended the first session of the week, up by 0.32%, at 643.11 points, winning 2.06 points, compared to Thursday's session .

Al-Mansour climbed 3.14%, Babil Hotel gained 2.54%, Al-Mansour Bank gained 2.15%, and the Canadian Vaccine Production Company gained 1.94%.

The shares of 5 companies, led by Ashur Hotel by 5.34%, Crescent Industrial by 3.03%, and the Gulf Bank and Baghdad by 2.86% and 1.39%, respectively, and the city of games Karkh by 0.67%.
Trading volume dropped to 1.59 billion shares from 6.99 billion shares in the previous session.

Gulf Bank was the most heavily traded stock, trading 1.05 billion shares.

The number of shares purchased by foreign investors 113.27 million shares, worth 466.97 million dinars, through the implementation of 99 transactions on the shares of 8 companies.
While the number of shares sold by foreign investors 29.21 million shares, worth 169.85 million dinars, through the implementation of 14 transactions on the shares of 5 companies.

02.25.2018

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