Tehran’s share market registered another uneventful session Sunday as the benchmark of Tehran Stock Exchange, TEDPIX, closed near the flatline.
Paring some of early-hour gains, the market cap-weighted TEDPIX ended barely 32.82 points higher to end trade at 1,426,908.
Like most past sessions, small caps outperformed and pushed up the TSE’s equal-weighted index by more than 0.2%.
At the day came to a close, 350 tickers gained and 306 fell, representing 47% of the total traded stocks.
Retail trade plunged 23% on the session before to reach 27.62 trillion rials ($95 million). A total of 4.48 billion shares worth 29.84 trillion rials ($102.9m) changed hands at TSE for the day.
Iran Radiator Industrial Group Company was the main winner as its shares went up 5.4% to 4,037 rials per share.
Petrochemical Transport Engineering Company incurred the biggest loss among all TSE-listed companies falling 49% to 34,900 rials per share.
Mellat Bank contributed the most to the benchmark's fall, followed by Pardis Petrochemical Company, Mines and Metals Development Investment Company and Golgohar Mining and Industrial Company.
Iran Khodro Company gave the biggest boost to the benchmark index, followed by Tamin Petroleum and Petrochemical Investment Company, Parsian Oil and Gas Development Group Company and Social Security Investment Company.
IFX Up 0.1%
Iran Fara Bourse main index, IFX, gained 17.43 points or 0.09% to close Sunday trade at the 19,177.
About 3.1 billion shares and securities valued at 173.5 trillion rials ($598m) were traded at the junior equities exchange for the day.
Pasargad Insurance Company, Minoo Industrial Group Company, Gohar Zamin Iron Ore Company and Iranian Reinsurance Company had the most negative impact on IFX.
Saba Tamin Investment Company gave the biggest boost to IFX, followed by Iranian Ghadir Iron and Steel Company, Hormozgan Steel Company and Shiraz Oil Refining Company.
