Azerbaijan, Baku, May 23 /Trend/
The number of Iran Stock Exchange shareholders in March increased by 190,000 people, ISNA reported quoting Central Securities Depository of Iran.
Iran Stock Exchange currently has 4,162,500 shareholders compared with 3,861,259 shareholders last solar year (ends 20, 2011).
Tehran Stock Exchange transaction value last Iranian year (March 21, 2009 - March 20, 2010) was around $30 billion while the OTC trade worth more than $6 billion.
Iran capital market has showed significant growth in recent year as the indicators in Iran Stock Exchange doubled.
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.