Baghdad had been hit by a series of car bombing attacks earlier on Sunday that left 30 people killed and 168 others wounded in a non-final count of casualties.

Sunday’s session saw more than 275.753 million shares worth 435.608 million Iraqi dinars (roughly $372,000) exchanging hands through 171 deals, none of them went to non-Iraqi investors.

The banking sector took the lead with 67% of the overall trading through 84 deals worth 292 million Iraqi dinars over 10 firms, followed by the industrial sector with 53 deals worth 69 million dinars over nine firms and the service sector with 25 deals worth 64 million dinars.

The ISX witnessed its first E-trading session on April 19, 2009 over five registered companies, three banks and two hotels. The banks were: Ashur International Bank (AIB), Al-Mansour Bank and the Iraqi Credit Bank while the hotels were: Ashtar Hotel and Al-Mansour Hotel.

On June 7, the Iraqi Middle East Investment Bank and the Warka Bank joined the electronic trading sessions.

The ISX now holds five sessions from Sunday to Thursday.