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Tehran Stock Exchange index declines to 26,408 points

Business Materials 26 March 2012 17:49 (UTC +04:00)

Azerbaijan, Baku, Mar. 26/ Trend F.Milad/

The Tehran Stock Exchange index declined today 93 points and stood at 26,408 points, IRIB quoted the capital market's website SANA as saying.

Some 107 million shares, valued at 443 billion rials (some $36 million) were traded at the bourse, the report added.

The capital market's value has reached some 1,260 trillion rials (around $103 billion), the Securities and Exchange Organization's director announced on January 28.

"Taking the over-the-counter market into account, the figure stands at 1,560 trillion rials (some $127 billion)," Ali Saleh-Abadi said, IRNA news agency reported.

Last year, Tehran Stock Exchange experienced an unprecedented growth of 30 percent, leading the financial markets of the region, a report by the Economist said.

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