<p dir="ltr"><span>Financial Tribune- A total of 13.8 billion securities valued at 41 trillion rials ($350.4 million) changed hands in more than 1.3 million deals in the week. <br> A total of 99 million units of Exchange Traded Funds worth 1.11 trillion rials ($9.49 million) were traded in the week – down 49% and 45% in the volume and value of ETFs, respectively. <br> ETF is a basket of securities traded on an exchange similar to stocks. A basket of shares represents a unit of ETF. <br> In the debt market, where participatory bonds, certificates of deposit and sukuks are traded, a total of 100,000 participatory bonds worth 84 billion rials ($717,000) were traded.<br> Stocks with the highest returns in the market were mass construction, transportation, sugar, metal ore extraction, automotive, cement, base metals and oil products.<br> Banks, auto parts and automotive industry, equipment and machinery, base metals and chemical groups registered the highest number of trade.<br> <br class="t-last-br"> </span></p>