IME Monthly Trade Up 36%

The spot market of the Iran Mercantile Exchange hosted 10.826 million tons of goods worth 802 trillion rials ($2.6 billion) in the last calendar month to June 21. 
In terms of volume, the deals increased 36% on the month before and value was up 21%, the IME public relations website said.
IME is a commodities exchange in Tehran founded in 2006 to host deals in farm, industrial and petrochemical products in the spot and futures markets.
As always industrial and mineral products contributed the most to the trade accounting for 60% of the total value in the spot market. More than 9.18 million tons goods worth 475 trillion rials ($1.5b) changed hands in the month.