Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – Parallel market exchange rates for the U.S. dollar climbed further across Iraq’s primary commercial centers on Sunday, September 13, 2026, with selling rates touching the 157,000-dinar threshold in both Baghdad and Basra.
The latest market bulletin highlights an expanding premium over the Central Bank of Iraq’s official statutory peg of 131,000 dinars per $100, reflecting persistent cash demand across wholesale trading floors and merchant counters.
In Baghdad, wholesale and retail bureaus quoted the greenback at a selling price of 157,000 dinars against a buying rate of 156,500 dinars for every $100, extending Saturday’s upward momentum with a tight 500-dinar margin.
The southern trading hub of Basra matched the capital’s figures precisely, recording identical selling rates of 157,000 dinars and buying prices of 156,500 dinars as merchant demand held firm across the southern commercial axis.
In the northern market of Erbil, dollar valuations advanced in close synchrony, settling just slightly below the central and southern exchanges. Bureaus across the regional capital posted selling prices of 156,750 dinars per $100, alongside a buying rate of 156,500 dinars, underscoring tight trading spreads and steady liquidity flows across all three regional markets as the business week gathered pace.
