After gains a session earlier, the main index of Tehran stocks closed Monday trade in negative territory despite increase in trade value.
The benchmark of Tehran Stock Exchange, TEDPIX, shed 17,617 points to fall 1.1%, ending the session at 1,579,507 points.
Total trade value in both the TSE and Iran Fara Bourse, the junior equity market, reached 218,660 trillion rials ($728 million), indicating 13% growth, according to eghtesadnews.
Institutional traders contributed more to share buying as retail traders accounted for 90% of sales, registering capital outflow of 13,940 trillion rials.
On Monday, about 19.3 billion shares valued at 164.04 trillion rials ($537.83m) changed hands at TSE.
North Drilling Company was the biggest winner as its shares went up 22.67% to 11,310 rials per share.
Pump Iran Industrial Group Company incurred the biggest loss among all TSE-listed companies and went down 4.99% to 42,450 rials per share.
Mobarakeh Steel Company contributed the most to the benchmark's fall, followed by National Iranian Copper Industries Company, Tamin Petroleum and Petrochemical Investment Company and Golgohar Mining and Industrial Company.
Esfahan Oil Refining Company gave the biggest boost to the benchmark index, followed by Iran Khodro Company, Telecommunication Company of Iran and Jam Petrochemical Company.
The Industry Index lost 13,781.26 points, or 0.98%, to register 1,391,322.63. The Free Float Index was down 20,780.26 points to hit 2,119,749.42. TSE 30 went down 1,037.2 points to settle at 81,680.79 and the TSE 50 ended 806.41 points lower to finish at 62,880.68.
IFX Down 1.06%
Iran Fara Bourse main index, IFX, lost 196.65 points, or 1.06%, to close Monday trade at 18,279.04.
About 3.04 billion securities valued at 55.21 trillion rials ($181.02m) were traded at the junior equity exchange for the day.
Gohar Zamin Iron Ore Company, Sepehr Saderat Financial Group Investment Company, Saba Tamin Investment Company and Zagros Petrochemical Company had the most negative impact on IFX.
Middle East Mines and Mineral Industries Development Holding Company gave the biggest boost to IFX, followed by Day Bank, Iran Fara Bourse and Iran Cultural Heritage and Tourism Investment Group Company.
