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Since the automation of the Iraqi Stock exchange, it has been on the upward trend, and the economy itself is not doing badly. As a Wednesday 27^th of April, 2011, the Iraqi Stock Exchange {ISX} closed at 123.8 points to close at 1.6 billion Dinars for the day. 26 out of the total 46 firms on the Stock exchange has closed for the day on a minor loss while the remaining had varying gains. At the end of the last day of the month of April2011, the total traded shares had hit around 806 million shares, worth around $1.4 million or around 6 billion Iraqi Dinars. The total number of deals was put at around 443 while shares of 10 companies jumped up and 26 others were on the decline side.