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Foreign currency, gold prices surge in Iran

Business Materials 21 January 2018 19:18 (UTC +04:00)

Baku, Azerbaijan, Jan. 21

By Khalid Kazimov – Trend:

Gold coin was traded in Iran at 15,212,000 rials (about $336.3 according to the currency rate in Iran's free market) on Sunday.

According to data on the website of the Tehran Gold and Jewelry Union, one gram of the 18-karat gold was priced at 1,436,210 rials (about $31.7), indicating a rise of 0.99 percent compared to the preceding day.

According to the country’s real-time data sharing system, SANA, euro valued 55,161 rials in the free market, adding 1.18 percent. The Central Bank of Iran (CBI) put the official rate of euro at 44,780 rials.

The US dollar was quoted at 45,229 rials in the free market gaining 1.59 percent compared to the preceding day. The CBI put the official rate for the greenback at 36,639 rials.

The deputy head of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture, Pedram Soltani, told Trend on Sunday that the country’s failure to establish full banking ties with the world has caused troubles in the country’s currency market.

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