Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov. 13
By Khalid Kazimov – Trend:
The main index of the Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE) surged by 24.2 percent in in the first half of the current Iranian calendar year (starting March 20) year-on-year.
According to the latest statistics released by Central Bank of Iran, the main index in the mentioned period reached 76451 points.
This is while the main index last year in the same period stood at 61576.8.
However, the main index in the sixth Iranian month (August 22- September 22) dropped by 2.1 percent compared to the same month last year.
According to the statistics, the TSE financial index increased 18.4 percent year on year hitting 155263 points.
The statistics also suggests that the industrial index hiked by 25.3 percent posting 63495 points.
The top 50 performers index soared by 20.3 percent to stand at 3022 points.
Meanwhile the first market index rose by 24.9 percent to reach 53395 and the second market index increased by 22.8 percent hitting 167794 points.
The number of the traded shares also surged by 37.6 percent as over 124 billion shares were traded in the first half of the current Iranian calendar year.
The number of the companies listed at the TSE increased by 0.9 percent reaching 321.