An Iraqi stock trader reacts in front of Iraq's stock exchange board, in Baghdad, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008. While the rest of the world is facing a financial meltdown, the Iraq stock exchange is enjoying a boom. The ISX index has soared 20 percent since September, boosted by huge growth in the hotel sector as investors grow increasingly confident about recent security gains. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban) By KIM GAMEL Associated Press Writer BAGHDAD (AP) - While the rest of the world faces a financial meltdown, the Iraq Stock Exchange index has soared nearly 40 percent during September, boosted by increasing confidence in security gains. The ISX is only open two hours a day, three days a week and brokers track trading activity on the floor with colored markers and white bulletin boards instead of computers. But investors are seeing...
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