Gov’t Bond Sale Plunges by Half

Bond sale by the government was around 13 trillion rials ($43.3 million) in the last Iranian week – down 43% on the week before. 
Bond auctions are held every week to help plug the government’s budget deficits. The main buyers are banks, non-bank cr…

Bond sale by the government was around 13 trillion rials ($43.3 million) in the last Iranian week – down 43% on the week before.  Bond auctions are held every week to help plug the government’s budget deficits. The main buyers are banks, non-bank credit institutions, investment funds and...

TEDPIX Logs 2% Weekly Decline  

Grappling with deep recession and liquidity crunch, Tehran’s share market notched another weekly loss in the last trading week. 
The main losers were blue chips comprising large caps and commodity stocks seen in the 2% decline in the main index of t…

Grappling with deep recession and liquidity crunch, Tehran’s share market notched another weekly loss in the last trading week.  The main losers were blue chips comprising large caps and commodity stocks seen in the 2% decline in the main index of the Tehran Stock Exchange, TEDPIX.  The TSE...

Iran's Foreign Debt at $7b

Iran’s foreign debt was $7.173 billion by the end of the fourth calendar month ending July 22, the CBI said Tuesday. The amount was almost $1.5 billion or 17% lower compared to the last fiscal year that ended in March. 
Medium and long-term debt was…

Iran’s foreign debt was $7.173 billion by the end of the fourth calendar month ending July 22, the CBI said Tuesday. The amount was almost $1.5 billion or 17% lower compared to the last fiscal year that ended in March.  Medium and long-term debt was $5.4 billion – nearly 75% of the total. Short-...

TEDPIX Lost 3,000 Points in Weekly Trade

The Tehran Stock Exchange’s main index TEDPIX lost 3,000 points or 0.21% during the week to Sept. 2 to close at 1,439,396.42.
Trading in Iran’s stock markets starts on Saturday and ends Wednesday.
The TSE’s equal-weighted index climbed 0.9%, showin…

The Tehran Stock Exchange’s main index TEDPIX lost 3,000 points or 0.21% during the week to Sept. 2 to close at 1,439,396.42. Trading in Iran’s stock markets starts on Saturday and ends Wednesday. The TSE’s equal-weighted index climbed 0.9%, showing that small caps were laggards. The main...

TEDPIX Closes Slightly Lower

The benchmark of Tehran Stock Exchange, TEDPIX, lost 1,840.43 points or 0.13% on Wednesday to end trading week at 1,439,376.
A total of 5.27 billion shares valued at 43.06 trillion rials ($148.5 million) changed hands at TSE for the day.
Trading at…

The benchmark of Tehran Stock Exchange, TEDPIX, lost 1,840.43 points or 0.13% on Wednesday to end trading week at 1,439,376. A total of 5.27 billion shares valued at 43.06 trillion rials ($148.5 million) changed hands at TSE for the day. Trading at TSE and junior equities exchange Iran Fara...

$۸۰m Bonds Sold 

The government sold 23 trillion rials ($79.3 million) bonds in the latest auction held weekly to raise funds for its budget deficits.  
Banks, non-bank credit institutions, investment funds and institutional investors in the stock market are the mai…

The government sold 23 trillion rials ($79.3 million) bonds in the latest auction held weekly to raise funds for its budget deficits.   Banks, non-bank credit institutions, investment funds and institutional investors in the stock market are the main buyers of bonds.  This week buyers in the...

IME Futures Trade Near $40 Million in 1 Month   

An estimated 189,930 futures contracts worth 11.41 trillion rials ($39.3 million) changed hands at the Iran Mercantile Exchange (IME) in the last calendar month to August 22. 
Farm products including saffron, pistachio and cumin plus precious metals…

An estimated 189,930 futures contracts worth 11.41 trillion rials ($39.3 million) changed hands at the Iran Mercantile Exchange (IME) in the last calendar month to August 22.  Farm products including saffron, pistachio and cumin plus precious metals (silver and gold) comprised the underlying...

Stocks Log 4th Consecutive Weekly Decline 

Struggling with recession and liquidity crunch, Tehran’s share market registered four straight weekly losses last week. 
The bearish trend was spurred by huge sell-off in small-sized companies, which caused the equal-weighted index of Tehran Stock E…

Struggling with recession and liquidity crunch, Tehran’s share market registered four straight weekly losses last week.  The bearish trend was spurred by huge sell-off in small-sized companies, which caused the equal-weighted index of Tehran Stock Exchange to lose 2.75%.  Thanks to the support...

Tehran Stocks Sink Deeper 

The benchmark of Tehran Stock Exchange, TEDPIX, plunged deep below the critical 1.5 million points on Monday. 
The market-cap weighted TEDPIX lost 10,915.17 points or 0.73% to retreat further from the psychological support level ending trade at 1,48…

The benchmark of Tehran Stock Exchange, TEDPIX, plunged deep below the critical 1.5 million points on Monday.  The market-cap weighted TEDPIX lost 10,915.17 points or 0.73% to retreat further from the psychological support level ending trade at 1,487,597. Unrelenting sell-off incurred big...

ETF Trade Double  in Q1, IFB Says  

Trade via units of exchange-traded funds listed in Iran Fara Bourse stood at 430 trillion rials ($1.4 billion) in the first quarter (March 21-June 21) of the current fiscal year.
This was 107% higher on the corresponding period last year indicating …

Trade via units of exchange-traded funds listed in Iran Fara Bourse stood at 430 trillion rials ($1.4 billion) in the first quarter (March 21-June 21) of the current fiscal year. This was 107% higher on the corresponding period last year indicating the increasing traction of ETFs in the equities...