IRENEX Trade Grows 27%

Trade at Iran Energy Exchange rose 27% in the first half of current fiscal year (March 21-Sept.22) compared to the similar period last year.
Energy carriers and commodities worth 609.96 trillion rials ($2.25 billion) were traded by Sep.22, up on the 481.55 trillion ($1.7b) handled in the corresponding period last year.
IRENEX is a commodity exchange where physical energy carriers (oil, gas, electricity) and commodity-based securities are traded.
As per IRENEX data, trade on the IRENEX internal trading floor weighed 1.174 million tons at the end of H1 -- up 5% in six months since the beginning of the fiscal year.