Al-Haymis: We were able to increase the business of the Iraqi Stock Exchange by 16%

Economy

23-01-2025, 13:29

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INA- BAGHDAD

The head of the Securities Commission, Faisal Al-Haymis, announced on Thursday that the Commission was able to increase the business of the Iraqi Stock Exchange by about 16 percent, pointing to cooperation with the World Bank on governance.

Al-Haimas told the Iraqi News Agency (INA): “During the past year, we were able to increase the business of the Iraqi Securities Market by about 16 percent,” he said, expressing his ”hope that the current year will be a stronger start on the subject of benefiting from the agreements signed with the Abu Dhabi Financial Market and the Saudi market, which will help attract investors from abroad and increase the business of the Iraqi Securities Market.”

“We have been cooperating with the World Bank on governance and we will have finalized it by the end of the first quarter of this year,” he added.