Stocks Open in Negative Territory

Tehran stocks opened trading week Saturday in negative territory amid slight improvement in retail trade. 
The main index of Tehran Stock Exchange, TEDPIX, lost 2,008 points or 0.13% to end at 1,518,290.The TSE’s equal-weighted index too shed 0.36% for the day. 
Retail trade increased 9% on the previous session to reach 37.49 trillion rials ($117 million). About 5.8 billion shares valued at 37.88 trillion rials ($130.6m) changed hands at TSE for the day.