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Iraqi stock exchange bets on future success
over 500 million shares traded on new bourse's 1st day
By Agence France Presse (AFP)
Monday, July 05, 2004
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Iraq has a new stock exchange, launched without fanfare and staffed almost entirely by women, which aims to become the leading bourse in the Middle East. Trading on the first morning in late June was higher than at anytime during the lifespan of the former Baghdad Stock Exchange but the new bourse has yet to establish regular opening hours, its owners said.
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