The following is a numbered list of news on latest economic developments in the Islamic Republic of Iran, as of 12:00 GMT, March 17, on IRINN TV.
1. 12:02 GMT – Iran’s gasoline consumption reached 77 million liters per day.
2. 12:04 GMT – Iranian officials have taken required measures to protect fruit prices during the coming holidays.
3. 12:05 GMT – Iranian Transportation Minister Abbas Akhoundi has inaugurated a project for the construction of a road connecting Tehran to the north parts of the country.
4. 12:07 GMT – Report on the rate of foreign currencies in the Iranian market. Euro was traded at 58,328 rials in the free market. The official rate of the USD was 37,691 rials and it was traded at 47,733 rials in the free market.
5. 12:07 GMT – Report on the prices of gold in the Iranian market. The gold coin was traded at 16,280,000 rials (about $ 341 according to the currency rate in the free market). One gram of the 18-karat gold was priced at 1,516,000 rials (about $31.7).
6. 12: 08 GMT – The main index of Tehran Stock Exchange stood at 95,577 points.
7. 12:08 GMT – Automotive industry accounts for 17 percent of the total output of the country’s industrial sector.
8. 12:09 GMT – Report on the prices of domestic cars.
9. 12:11 GMT – Report on the activity of a tile producing factory in the central province of Yazd.
Source: State-owned news channel IRINN, Tehran, in Persian
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