<p dir="ltr"><span>Financial Tribune- During the one year period, total value of the banking system's lending was six times above the amount financed by the capital market that hardly comes as a surprise given the key role of banks in the economy. <br> In the previous fiscal, the total value of Tehran Stock Exchange and Iran Fara Bourse (over-the-counter market for trading securities and other financial instruments) was 5,280 trillion rials ($45.5 billion) which is approximately 36% of the GDP.<br> <br class="t-last-br"> </span></p>