Tehran, Iran, Aug. 18
By Milad Fashtami - Trend:
Tehran Stock Exchange's main index (TEPIX) was decreased by 45 units on Aug. 18, standing at 73,906 units.
The first market's index decreased by 31 units and stood at 54,415 units.
The second market's index also faced a 100-unit decrease and reached 145,583 units.
Iranian Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance, Ali Tayebnia has ordered insurance companies and major banks to support the country's capital market.
Bank Melli Iran, Bank Mellat, Bank Sepah, and Tejarat Bank are supposed to inject some 40 trillion rials (some $1.33 billion based on the exchange rate of USD at the free market) to the Capital Market Development Fund in the near future.
The main index of Tehran Stock Exchange (TEPIX) started the previous Iranian calendar year (which stated on March 21, 2013) with a surprising rise, but faced a disappointing fall in the last two months of the year.
The TEPIX stood at 39,000 units in the second working day of the previous year, but surpassed 89,500 units in the 10th calendar month.
Tehran Stock Exchange's main index has experienced a falling trend ever since.
Founded in 1967, the Tehran Stock Exchange has been one of the world's best performing stock markets in recent years and has ranked as the best bourse index in Europe, Africa and Middle East in 2010 in terms of performance of the main index.
The TSE's annual growth rate of main indices was also ranked as the second best among all members of the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE).
The WFE is the association of 52 regulated exchanges around the world which aims to develop and promote standards in markets.