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Tehran Stock Exchange’s main index rises by 137 units

Business Materials 2 December 2014 17:51 (UTC +04:00)

Tehran, Iran, Dec. 2
By Milad Fashtami - Trend:

Tehran Stock Exchange's main index (TEPIX) increased by 137 units on Dec. 2, standing at 72,258 units.

The first market's index also increased by 30 units and reached 53,038 units. The second market's index faced a 1,140-unit increase and stood at 143,378 units.

Iran's capital market value also surpassed 3,338 trillion rials (about $105.62 billion based on the exchange rate of USD at the free market).

Iran's capital market value stood at 3,294,481 billion rials (about $102.952 billion based on the exchange rate of USD at the free market) at the end of the first half of the current Iranian calendar year (September 22).

The figure shows a 9.3-percent increase compared to the first half of the previous calendar year.

Tehran Stock Exchange's main index stood at 71,686 units at the end of the first six months of the current year, which is 3 percent less than the same figure in the first half of previous year.

Some 2,661,612 people traded stocks at Tehran Stock Exchange from the beginning of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21) so far.

The number of customers shows 37 percent increase compared to previous year, Iran 's IRNA News Agency reported on Nov. 21.

USD exchange rate in Iran is currently about 32,000 rials.

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 rat e 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.

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