Business And Markets

Investment and holding companies are all set to help to the market liquidity, Ali Salehabadi, head of Tehran Stock Exchange said on Thursday.

State-run Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) is having a tussle with Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines over valuation of a 39-year-old joint venture company that is being wound up.

Officials from Iran, Russia and Azerbaijan have agreed to complete railway projects that will eventually help connect traders across the three nations.

Rising prices of housing loans securities in the capital market have put pressure on citizens looking for a house to buy, as they need to repay more than twice the amount of the loans they receive…

The Steel Producers Association is in bargain talks with the Central Bank of Iran amid the growing burden of debts and liquidity shortage shouldered by steel firms.

Stocks’ uptick on Wednesday couldn’t compensate for the Tehran Stock Exchange benchmark’s losses in the week as the TEDPIX slipped 482 points or 0.67 percent to end a choppy week lower at 71,443,…

The 15-day deadline set by the Central Bank of Iran for commercial banks to provide it with a list of companies they own expired on Friday. Almost all commercial banks missed the deadline, ISNA…

Iran and South Korean financial managers have held negotiations to enhance cooperation and joint investments.

The negotiations took place on the sidelines of a workshop held by the Central…

Chairman of the Union of Gold, Jewelry, and Precious Stone Producers and Exporters has attributed the fluctuations in gold coin prices to their unofficial trade in the market.

Ebadollah…

The main responsibility of the capital markets is to finance large enterprises in the long run, as assumed in the new economic policies announced by the government.

A top European court on Thursday struck down restrictions imposed by the European Union against the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) on an alleged charge of circumventing US-led sanctions against Tehran…

Kish’s South Kaveh Steel Company (SKS) joined the Tehran Stock Exchange and its shares are now tradable in the secondary market. As the 488th listed company on the TSE, SKS shares are tradable in…

Various grades of bitumen from six manufacturers were sold on the export floor of Iran Mercantile Exchange on Wednesday. Elsewhere on the IME’s oil and petrochemical’s floor, additional amounts of…

The petrochemical feedstock for production units is exempt from 5 percent duty which will in turn be used for renovating pipelines.

The main index of Tehran’s over-the-counter market, Fara Bourse, ended slightly lower Wednesday as the day recorded trading of more than 115 million shares for 847,000 billion rials.

Over the past few years, Iran has never experienced a positive trade balance in the steel industry because the country has always imported more steel than it exported.

Tehran’s stock market continued its steady but sluggish upward trend on the week’s last trading day on Wednesday as the main index (TEDPIX) added 35.3 or 0.05 percent to finish up at 71,443.6.…

The first national seminar on developing e-commerce was held on Wednesday at the ministry of industry, mine, and trade. The seminar’s aim is to promote cooperation between the public and private…

The problem with Chinese finance has been resolved and the two sides have agreed that China will open a line of credit for financing Iranian giant projects in the next 15 days, Chairman of joint…

The Securities and Exchange Organization has issued an establishment license for the 138th mutual fund in the country.

“Eftekhar Hafez” mutual fund has been successfully underwritten and…

Leader Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khameni has allowed the withdrawal of $10 billion from the National Development Fund of Iran for financing key water and soil projects amid the country's ongoing water…

The government has planned to repay its debt to contractors as soon as lawmakers approve a plan of action it sent last month to the parliament, Economy Minister Abbas Akhoundi said on Wednesday.…

Mutual funds have historically offered safety and diversification, and they spare you the responsibility of picking individual stocks. In Tehran, there were a few money managers who picked stocks…

After years of absence, cement is making its debut on the Iran Mercantile Exchange, said Secretary of Iran’s Cement Industry Employers.

Abdolreza Sheikhan said cement entered the mercantile…

The Chabahar economic free zone in Iran’s southeast will host the country’s third automobile manufacturing hub, said an official in Center for Free and Special Economic Zones. Mohammad Mo’ezodini…