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Government plans to create 4mn jobs by 2015

The Iraqi Planning and Development Ministry has plans to create four million jobs in the course of the next three years, the minister said on Friday. Ali Shukri told AKnews that the opportunities which will be provided through the public and private sectors with a view to decreasing the poverty rate from 23% to 16% by the end of 2014. (AKnews)

Source: http://www.aknews.com/en/aknews/2/256594/

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Type Close % Chg YTD % Chg
IQD RSISX 963.1 4.9% 32.8%
USD RSISX 848.6 5.0% 28.0%

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Best Performers

Code Closing (IQD) % Chg
BLAD 0.220 15.8%
VKHF 0.100 11.1%
BIME 0.220 10.0%
BBAY 0.120 9.1%
BELF 0.480 9.1%

Worst Performers

Code Closing (IQD) % Chg
IMIB 2.500 -3.8%
TZNI 2.250 -2.2%
SMRI 2.330 -2.1%
BCOI 0.700 -1.4%
IICM 0.840 -1.2%

TOP 5 Traded Volume

Code Trading Vol.
(IQD mn) / d
Trading Vol.
($'000)/d
BNOI 756.6 513.6
BBOB 521.4 354.0
BMNS 189.0 128.3
TASC 171.3 116.3
IBSD 110.6 75.1

Trading Volumes by Sectors

Sector Trading Vol.
(IQD mn)/d
Trading Vol.
('000 $)/d
Telecom 171.6 116.5
Banking 1,760.3 1,195.0
Industry 221.3 150.2
Hotels & Tourism 4.6 3.1
Services 76.1 51.7
Agriculture 19.5 13.3
Insurance - -
Investment 0.3 0.2
Total 2,253.8 1,530.1