09 July 2009
Aswat al-Iraq: The Iraqi Stock Exchange (ISX) on Thursday said that four companies have joined its electronic trading sessions, bringing up the number of electronically registered companies to 30 out of a total 91.

The companies are the Baghdad Hotel, al-Weam for Financial Investment, al-Batek for Financial Investment, and al-Khayr for Financial Investment.

The ISX had witnessed the first e-trading session on April 19 over five registered companies, three banks and two hotels. The banks were the Ashur International Bank (AIB), Al-Mansour Bank and the Iraqi Credit Bank while the hotels were the Ashtar Hotel and Al-Mansour Hotel.

On June 7, the Iraqi Middle East Investment Bank and the Warka Bank joined the electronic trading.
The ISX currently holds three electronic sessions a week: Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday

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