Blue Chips Lift TEDPIX Slightly

The stock market in Tehran again opened Monday in negative territory before the main index of Tehran Stock Exchange, TEDPIX, creeped into the green later buoyed by price rise in a minority of large caps.  
The TSE's benchmark closed choppy trade 0.5% higher, gaining 5,745.66 points to end trading at 1,157,642. The TSE-30 Index was up more than 1.5%. The index tracks the performance of top 30 listed companies in terms of market cap.
As seen in most sessions in the past several weeks, the equal weighted index was down 0.5% amid lack of significant demand for small caps.