Political first: the high trading volume and number of shares in the stock market

Commission issued its annual report for 2009


BAGHDAD - morning
The volume of trading in the Iraqi market for securities by more than the "36" percent in 2009, compared to the previous year, as the number of shares put by the market by more than 40 percent during the same period.

This came in the annual report issued by the Securities Commission, which reviewed the performance of the market in terms of turnover and number of shares traded and executed contracts, as well as trading for non-Iraqis, and the market value of shares and the index, in addition to other indicators show the effectiveness of the market as an economic tool to activate the investment structure.

The report, which consists of a 52-page, I got the "morning", a copy of that volume went up from about 301) (billion dinars in 2008 to almost (412) billion dinars in 2009, thus achieving a rise of) 36.7 (in percent. The report pointed out that the banking sector came in 2009 ranked first in terms of volume, as it was about) 319 (billion dinars, rising by an estimated) 77.5 (in percent of the total. He added that the number of shares traded during 2009 also saw up to about) 211 (billion for) 151 (log billion dinars in 2008, noting that the percentage of stocks rose and reached) 40.1 (in percent. He pointed out that the banking sector was also ranked first in the number of shares traded, as it totaled) 182 (billion shares, thus recording a rise of) 86.1 (in percent compared with year 2008