Iran Capital Market

Bond sale in the final week of the current fiscal year hit a record and enabled the government to realize its goal to generate 1,250 trillion rials ($5 billion) by selling debt.  

The government sold bonds worth 30.7 trillion rials ($120.3 million) in the previous week during the bond auction held by the Central Bank of Iran. 

The government sold 29.1 trillion rials ($121 million) in bonds at the weekly auction held by the Central Bank of Iran on Tuesday. It was the highest earning in the fourth quarter of the fiscal…

The capital market has increased funding the economy both in the public and private sectors, in particular in the first three quarters of current fiscal year (March- Dec 2020). 

Thermal Power Plant Holding Company plans to sell standard salaf contracts worth 13.57 trillion rials ($52 million) in two phases to fund new projects, the company's CEO said.   Affiliated…

President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday that a specific mechanism governs the stock market and underscored the critical need to avoid "unskilled intervention" in its operations. 

The managing director of the Securities and Exchange Organization, Hassan Ghalibaf-Asl, has again asked government bodies to stop intervention in pricing products of listed companies. 

Iran’s stock market is expanding its role in financing startups and knowledge-based companies, managing director of Iran Fara Bourse, the junior equity market, said.  Despite difficulties…

The economy minister says the capital market improved its contribution to the economy in the current fiscal year that ends next March.  For more than two years the government’s budget has…

The Economy Ministry said Sunday that equity market investors can henceforth buy Islamic bonds issued by the government throughout the trading week.  In the past investors could buy bonds…

Banks and non-bank financial institutions again refused to participate in the weekly bond auction held by the Central Bank of Iran on Tuesday. 

The Ministry of Economy says that the capital market has expanded its role in contributing to the economy thanks to the share market and rise in the number of investors. 

Data from recent weekly bond auctions show increasing aversion of investors to buy bonds offered by the government, apparently due to the low returns compared to parallel markets. …

The government will maintain the policy of selling its shares in state-owned companies via the bourse. Addressing economic and bank officials at a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, President Hassan…

Data released by the Central Securities Depository of Iran show that the number of trading codes has reached 20.5 million.  More than 40% of the codes was issued in the current fiscal year…

The government has so far sold 970.89 trillion rials ($3.3 billion) in sukuk to shore up its finances in the current fiscal year (March 2019-20).

The government sold 30.8 trillion rials ($120 million) in Islamic bonds via the interbank and stock market during the weekly auction on Tuesday.   According to the central bank’s public…

A plan to launch an international stock exchange is getting the finishing touches and is scheduled to be launched by late October, the economic deputy to the secretary of Iran's High Council of…

As the stock market continues to plunge, the High Council of Securities and Exchange said banks too can invest in the bourse. This is in line with a variety of measures by the government to…

The Securities and Exchange Organization wants to tap into the National Development Fund of Iran, the country’s sovereign wealth fund, to prop up the struggling stock market, the SEO chief said…

The Economy Ministry has reported the performance of the domestic capital market in the year ending August 2020.  It said the capital market had grown dramatically largely due to a package…

The parliament on Sunday approved a bill proposed by the government in which listed companies are obliged to improve their capital structure using share premium. 

The Majlis will debate a government-proposed bill based on which companies listed in the stock market can raise capital via share premium.  Share premium is the difference in price between…

The Iranian government so far has generated 500 trillion rials ($2.2 billion) from Islamic bonds in ten weekly auctions held by the Central Bank of Iran every Tuesday since early June.  …

Approximately 1,045.4 trillion rials ($4.75 billion) were made available to companies via Iran’s capital market in the first quarter of the current fiscal year (March 20-June 20).