Tehran Stock Exchange’s main index gained 537.70 points or 0.68% to end Wednesday trade at 79,299.6.

TEDPIX's previous resistance level stood at 79,000.

More than 1.08 billion shares…

In the latest report released by the World Bank titled “Doing Business 2017: Equal Opportunity for All”, Iran shows an improvement of 0.18 percentage points in distance to frontier score, as…

Domestic steelmakers in Iran managed to raise prices in the free market last week despite weak local demand.

Iran Post Company is planning to use indigenous unmanned aerial vehicles known as drones for “urgent deliveries” to state entities in Tehran, according to the state-run firm’s CEO, Hossein Mehri…

Ports and Maritime Organization of Iran will be holding the 12th International Conference on Coasts, Ports and Marine Structures, otherwise known as ICOPMAS 2016, in cooperation with the…

Iranian producers intend to overcome a range of problems to hold their positions in the steel business.

Consumer confidence in Brazil rose for a sixth straight month in October to the highest in almost two years, on growing expectations of an imminent end to a two-year recession despite recent signs…

The International Monetary Fund on Wednesday forecast Uganda’s economy would grow 5% in the 2016/17 (July-June) fiscal year, slightly less than its previous prediction, Reuters reported. It said…

Airbus Group SE’s third-quarter profit tumbled 21% as the jetliner manufacturer spent money addressing production delays to its latest wide-body model, fell behind on single-aisle deliveries and…

Lockheed Martin Corp, the world’s largest defense contractor, reported a quarterly profit on Tuesday that handily beat analysts’ expectations, as sales of its Sikorsky helicopters pushed total…

New Zealand has edged out Singapore to take top spot for ease of doing business in the World Bank’s latest rankings, but money laundering experts warned the honor masked the darker side of the…

Britain’s economy could face a black hole of £84 billion ($102.3 billion) by the time Chancellor Philip Hammond sets out his spending plans in the Autumn Statement next month, a think tank has…

Years of heavy money printing by the Bank of Japan has made the bond market dysfunctional and fiscal policy heavily dependent on cheap money offered by the bank, a former BoJ deputy governor said…

Lloyds Banking Group Plc, Britain’s largest mortgage lender, posted a 15% decline in third-quarter profit as it took a £1 billion ($1.2 billion) charge to compensate customers who were wrongly…

Central Bank of Iran and the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs have finalized the long-awaited banking reform bill, said CBI’s deputy for supervisory affairs, Farshad Heydari, adding that…

Iran on Wednesday urged Asian companies to invest in the country, saying the lifting of nuclear-linked sanctions had opened vast opportunities for foreign capital.

Creating the necessary grounds for the use of international credit cards in Iran would require at least six months, says an official with the National Informatics Corporation, affiliated to the…

The Export Guarantee Fund of Iran, Iran’s state export credit agency, signed agreements with its counterpart in Germany, Switzerland, Hungary, and Sri Lanka on the sidelines of Berne Union Annual…

Dutch companies can cooperate with the Iranian Oil Terminals Company to develop and expand loading ports as Iran presses ahead with plans to boost crude shipments from its southern ports, head of…

Venezuelan Oil Minister Eulogio Del Pino said his country had proposed that non-OPEC countries remove 400,000-500,000 of barrels of crude oil per day from the market to help support prices. Del…

OPEC Secretary General Mohammed Barkindo said the 14-nation group is facing its toughest challenge as members debate oil-production cuts needed to balance the market.

Iran wants Russia’s energy company Rosneft to participate in oil extraction and refining projects in the country, the Iranian ambassador to Russia said on Tuesday.

Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh on Wednesday sought to reassure his critics and stakeholders in Iran's oil and gas industry that a raft of new contracts to develop the country's massive…

The world’s biggest oil companies, supported during crude’s collapse by a buoyant refining business, have lost that buffer as brimming fuel stockpiles swamp demand.

The International Energy Agency said that the world's capacity to generate electricity from renewable sources has now overtaken coal.

The IEA said in a new report that last year, renewables…