Tishwash: The stock exchange stopped its activity for five days (next week)
The bourse announced on Monday that it would suspend its activity for five days on the occasion of Eid al-Adha.
“Due to Eid al-Adha, the stock exchange decided not to organize trading sessions for the days from August 11 to August 15 for the holiday of Eid al-Adha,” the stock exchange said in a statement.
The statement added that “the first trading session in the Iraqi market for securities will be after Eid al-Adha and from Sunday, 18/8/2019 link
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