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Hotel Chain has Big Plans for Iraq

Abu Dhabi’s Cristal Group, which plans to open its first Baghdad hotel, the Cristal Grand Ishtar, at the start of May, says it wants to expand beyond Baghdad to Erbil, Karbala, Basra and Suleimanya in the next two years. According to a report, the Cristal Group predicts 40% occupancy for its first year of operations, with daily room rates in the hotel of between $190 and $250. (Iraq Business News)

Source: http://www.iraq-businessnews.com/2013/03/22/hotel-chain-has-big-plans-for-iraq/

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RSISX Index

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

Best & Worst Performers

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