FEDERATION OF EURO-ASIAN STOCK EXCHANGES
SEMI ANNUAL REPORT OCTOBER 2008
IRAQ STOCK EXCHANGE
OFFICIAL 6 MONTH STATISTICS
US$ millions
Total Volume
Average Daily Volume
# Shares millions
Total Volume
Average Daily Volume
Stocks
Jan-08
Feb-08
Mar-08
Apr-08
May-08
Jun-08
TOTAL 43.7742
13.4899
18.2908
8.6018
8.4274
80.7317
173.32 3.6479
1.2264
1.6628
0.6617
0.7023
6.2101
2.35 20,307.76
10,121.19
12,842.35
7,225.44
7,288.15
36,797.32
94,582.21 1,692.31
920.1078
1,167.49
555.8033
607.3461
2,830.56
1,295.60
Bonds
Jan-08
Feb-08
Mar-08
Apr-08
May-08
Jun-08
TOTAL 0
0
0
0
0
0
0.00 0
0
0
0
0
0
0.00 0
0
0
0
0
0
0.00 0
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
Other
Jan-08
Feb-08
Mar-08
Apr-08
May-08
Jun-08
TOTAL 0
0
0
0
0
0
0.00 0
0
0
0
0
0
0.00 0
0
0
0
0
0
0.00 0
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
Market Capitalization (US$ millions)
Index
Jan-08
1,759.07
34.02
Feb-08
1,808.10
36.1
Mar-08
1,859.32
37.51
Apr-08
1,809.12
37.3
May-08
1,881.15
38.35
Jun-08
1,937.00
38.15
PRACTICES & PROCEDURES
Trading
Days
Hours
Market segmentation
System
Mechanisms
Market-maker/Specialists
Instruments
Currency
Real time information
Clearing & Settlement
Central Depository
Period
Registered
Settlement
Clearing
DVP
Clearing Institution
Risk Sharing
Margin/Lending
Custodians
Sunday-Tuesday-Thursday
10 am - 12 am
Data not available
Data not available
Data not available
Data not available
Stocks
Iraqi Denar (ID)
Data not available
Work in progress, there is a request for proposal
finished Noveber 2005.
Data not available
Data not available
Data not available
Data not available
Data not available
Data not available
Data not available
Data not available
Data not available
Taxes
Cash Dividends
Interest Income
Capital Gains Data not available
Data not available
Data not available
Structure & Regulations
Legal
Regulation
Securities market
regulations
Trading rules
Surveillance
Corporate actions
Trading halts regulations
Investor protection Special status within the Law
Self
Exchange, Regulation Authority
(NGO), Non Profit
Exchange
Yes
Equity
Yes
Yes
Foreign Participation
Foreign investors
Investment limitations
Repatriation Not Yet
Data not available
No Restrictions
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