TEDPIX Up 0.12%

Financial Tribune- Tehran Stock Exchange’s main index gained 97.20 points or 0.12% to end Saturday trade at 79,855.7.

About 389 million shares valued at $24.66 million changed hands for the day.

Iran Glass Wool Company was the biggest riser, going up 4.98% to 5,477 rials per share.

Aburaihan Pharmaceutical Company incurred the biggest loss among all TSE-listed companies, as it went down 5% to 7,316 rials per share.

Persian Gulf Petrochemical Industries gave the biggest boost to the benchmark, followed by Asan Pardakht Persian and MAPNA Group.

Parsian Oil and Gas Development weighed the most on TEDPIX, followed by Telecommunications Company of Iran and Tehran Oil Refinery.

The Price Index gained 32.90 points or 0.12% to close at 26,987.6.

The First Market Index added 31.10 points or 0.06% to post 55,099.1.

The Second Market Index won 422.10 points or 0.24 to reach 178,803.1.

The Industry Index rose by 93 points or 0.14% to register 68,639.8.

The Free Float Index was up 103.64 points or 0.12% to hit 86,905.

The TSE 30 inched up 1.60 points or 0.05% to settle at 3,095.9 while the TSE 50 Index was up 4.40 points or 0.14% to finish at 3,099.6.

Iran Fara Bourse’s main index IFX added 2.06 points or 0.23% to end Saturday trade at 903.02.

Close to 244.1 million securities valued at $30.89 million were traded at the over-the-counter exchange for the day.

Shahed Development and Construction Company saw the highest number of traded shares and trade value, as 35.01 million of its shares valued at $1.73 changed hands.

Shahed Construction and Development Company, Zarin Madan Asia and Ghasem Iran Distribution Company registered the highest value increase.

Behpak Group, Sabzevar Cement and Shirvan Sugar suffered the biggest decline.

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