<p dir="ltr"><span>TEHRAN TIMES- As reported, some 13.319 billion securities were traded during the past week, showing 28 percent growth compared to its preceding week.<br> TEDPIX, the main index of TSE, rose 718 points to 255,446 in the past week which indicates 0.2 percent rise.<br> The first market index fell 751 points while the second market index gained 7,114 points in that week; price index also increased 197 points.<br> Based on the already released reports and data, Iran’s exchange markets witnessed fruitful performances and results in the past Iranian calendar year 1397 (ended on March 20, 2019).<br> Applying new financial instruments in Iranian capital market was another achievements of the exchange markets during the past year, as TSE officially launched “futures” in mid-December 2018 for more risk management and IME launched “option” in early March 2019 in an approach to diversify financing methods for agricultural products.<br> This progressive trend is also continuing in the current year, as TSE Head Ali Sahraei has recently announced that TSE plans to launch a new market named “prime market” in which the price range for the shares increase.<br> He said that only companies with a minimum transparency score of 70 (out of 100) and floating stock of at least 25 percent would be accepted in the prime market.<br> Sahraei also said that there is no difference regarding rules governing market makers in this and other markets, adding that participation of market makers is mandatory in the prime market.<br> TEDPIX has increased 56,220 points or 20.4 percent to 234,879 during the first quarter of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-June 21).<br> As reported, some 258,055 billion securities worth 723.503 trillion rials (about $17.226 billion) were traded through 17.999 million deals at TSE during the three-month period.<br> <br class="t-last-br"> </span></p>