TEDPIX Closes Wednesday Trade Slightly Higher

Financial Tribune- Tehran Stock Exchange’s main index added 38.80 points or 0.05% to end Wednesday trade at 79,465.7.

About 802 million shares valued at $34.58 million changed hands for the day.

Kharazmi Investment Company was the biggest riser, going up 8.16% to 835 rials per share.

Arta Cement Company incurred the biggest loss among all TSE-listed companies, as it went down 4.99% to 10,886 rials per share.

Pars Khodro gave the biggest boost to the benchmark, followed by Tosee Melli Group Investment Company and Bandar Abbas Oil Refinery.

Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines Company weighed the most on TEDPIX, followed by Parsian Oil and Gas Development and Shazand Petrochemical Company.

The Price Index gained 13.10 points or 0.05% to close at 28,830.

The First Market Index added 22.80 points or 0.04% to post 54,867.6.

The Second Market Index won 109.60 points or 0.06% to reach 177,716.6.

The Industry Index was up 21.50 points or 0.03% to register 68,529.2.

The Free Float Index gathered 159.60 points or 0.18% to hit 86,617.70.

The TSE 30 inched up by 2.80 points or 0.09% to settle at 3,080.3 while the TSE 50 Index was up 1.80 points or 0.06% to finish at 3,084.6.

Iran Fara Bourse’s main index IFX gained 6.64 points or 0.74% to end Wednesday trade at 902.41.

Close to 1.69 billion securities valued at $51.86 million were traded at the over-the-counter exchange for the day.

Omid Mineral Industries Development saw the highest number of traded shares and trade value, as 1.5 billion of its shares valued at $37.14 million changed hands.

Tuka Refractories, Saman Insurance and Shahed Construction and Development Company registered the highest value increase.

Pasargad Insurance, Khazar Sea Shipping Lines and Afranet suffered the biggest decline.

Marun Petrochemical Company, Esfahan Steel Company and Lavan Oil Refinery had the most positive impact on the IFB benchmark.