Iran business and markets news


  • December 25,2022

    The Tehran Stock Exchange reported growth in the ninth month of the current fiscal year, for the second successive month. In 22 sessions the main index of Tehran Stock Exchange, TEDPIX gained more…

  • Interest on CDs Rises to 23%

    Interest on CDs Rises to 23%


    December 24,2022

    The Executive Board of the Central Bank of Iran said banks can raise the interest rate on certificates of deposit (CDs) up to 23%. Mostafa Qamari Vafa, head of the CBI public relations department…

  • Selling Excess Assets Seen as a Herculean Task for Banks

    Selling Excess Assets Seen as a Herculean Task for Banks


    December 24,2022

    Demands imposed on banks, tough procedural mechanisms plus the worsening economic climate are impeding the sale of excess bank assets rendering the task almost impossible, an economic analyst says…

  • Shares Stage Big Comeback

    Shares Stage Big Comeback


    December 24,2022

    Tehran Stock Exchange’s main index, TEDPIX, gained 41,802.36 points or 2.79% on Saturday to end at 1,538,003.22. The TSE equal-weighted index jumped 2.37%. About 12.71 billion shares worth 73.9…

  • Higher Local Currency Cap for Overseas Travel

    Higher Local Currency Cap for Overseas Travel


    December 24,2022

    The Central Bank of Iran said it has raised the ceiling for the amount of local currency local residents and foreigners can hold when leaving and entering the country to 50 million rials (around $…

  • State Banks Seek to Boost Capital

    State Banks Seek to Boost Capital


    December 24,2022

    The Cabinet on Wednesday approved a proposal calling for state-owned banks to raise their capital and enhance lenders’ capital adequacy ratio, Economy Minister Ehsan Khandouzi said. “An estimated…

  • Weekly Bond Sale at $83.7 Million

    Weekly Bond Sale at $83.7 Million


    December 24,2022

    The weekly government bond auction held by the Central Bank of Iran barely generated 32.24 trillion rials ($83.7 million) as major buyers stayed away for the fifth week in a row. Auctions are held…

  • IME Reports $18b Trade in 9 Months

    IME Reports $18b Trade in 9 Months


    December 24,2022

    Trade at the Iran Mercantile Exchange (IME) reached 6,937 trillion rials ($18.1 billion) in the first nine months of the calendar year to November 22. This was an all-time high and above the…

  • Can Higher Interest Rates Help?

    Can Higher Interest Rates Help?


    December 21,2022

    The Central Bank of Iran has floated the possibility of raising interest rates any decision (must be first be approved by the Money and Credit Council MCC) before announcement. Economist and…

  • SGB's Driving Gold Prices

    SGB's Driving Gold Prices


    December 21,2022

    An estimated 7 million gold coin bonds, the equivalent of 70,000 Bahar Azadi gold coins were sold in the capital market up until December 20 and are seen as pushing gold coin prices higher in the…

  • Banks Expected to Raise Interest Rates

    Banks Expected to Raise Interest Rates


    December 21,2022

    The Money and Credit Council (MCC), the top decision-making body of financial and monetary markets, is expected to increase interest rates, an unnamed official was quoted as saying Tuesday. “The…

  • CBI: Focus on Improving Supervision Technology

    CBI: Focus on Improving Supervision Technology


    December 21,2022

    The Central Bank of Iran says it is concentrating on developing efficient supervisory tools. “The plan for promoting electronic banking and remote service started three decades ago at the central…

  • Shares Tumble

    Shares Tumble


    December 21,2022

    Tehran Stock Exchange’s main index, TEDPIX, lost 8,813.33 points or 0.59% on Tuesday to end at 1,492,095.08. The TSE equal-weighted index too lost 0.20%. About 8.8 billion shares worth 53.8…

  • Russia's VTB Bank Launches Money Transfer Service in Iran

    Russia's VTB Bank Launches Money Transfer Service in Iran


    December 21,2022

    Russia’s second largest bank, VTB, has launched a new service allowing both individuals and businesses to transfer money to and from Iran, the lender said, RT reported.

  • NDFI Releases Loan Data

    NDFI Releases Loan Data


    December 19,2022

    The National Development Fund of Iran (NDFI) released a report on its performance since inception in 2011 up until the last calendar year that ended in March. Deals to the tune of $119.2 billion…

  • Tehran Shares Mixed

    Tehran Shares Mixed


    December 19,2022

    Tehran Stock Exchange’s main index, TEDPIX, gained 666.11 points or 0.04% on Monday to end at 1,500,908.60. The TSE equal-weighted index lost 0.15%. About 16.62 billion shares worth 63.5 trillion…

  • Banks Claim Unable to Meet Swelling Microloan Demand

    Banks Claim Unable to Meet Swelling Microloan Demand


    December 19,2022

    Banks are overstretched with the swelling demand for small loans and lack resources to meet the trend, a deputy governor of the Central Bank of Iran said. “Bank resources are insufficient to meet…

  • CBI Governor Signals Interest Rate Revamp

    CBI Governor Signals Interest Rate Revamp


    December 18,2022

    The Central Bank of Iran says it plans to modify interest rates to help strengthen the depreciating national currency, the bank governor Ali Salehabadi said. “Interest rates could have been used…

  • Tehran Stocks Rise 2%

    Tehran Stocks Rise 2%


    December 18,2022

    Tehran Stock Exchange’s main index, TEDPIX, gained 30,308.55 points or 2.06% on Sunday to end at 1,500,241.84. The TSE equal-weighted index gained 1.71%. About 11.2 billion shares worth 65.64…

  • CBI Says Trying to Restrain Forex Rates as Rial Tumbles

    CBI Says Trying to Restrain Forex Rates as Rial Tumbles


    December 17,2022

    The Central Bank of Iran is making concerted efforts to stabilize the chaotic forex market amid the steep decline in the national currency, the bank governor said. “We have set up a joint…

  • Collateral-Free Loans Reach $1.26 Billion

    Collateral-Free Loans Reach $1.26 Billion


    December 17,2022

    Banks and credit institutions have given an estimated 445.8 trillion rials ($1.26 billion) in collateral-free loans after the government announced the new lending program in January. The money…

  • Market Analyst: IME Not Predisposed to Steep Rise in Car Prices

    Market Analyst: IME Not Predisposed to Steep Rise in Car Prices


    December 17,2022

    The unprecedented rise in car prices has little if anything to do with the auto sales in the Iran Mercantile Exchange, a market observer says. In his view of him, IME is the pitch where “supply and …

  • Tehran Stock Market Mixed

    Tehran Stock Market Mixed


    December 17,2022

    Tehran Stock Exchange’s main index, TEDPIX, lost 2,827.70 points or 0.19% on Saturday to end at 1,469,933.21. The TSE equal-weighted index gained 0.63%. About 7.84 billion shares worth 48.75…

  • Practical Measures Needed to Restore Trust in Capital Market

    Practical Measures Needed to Restore Trust in Capital Market


    December 16,2022

    Iran’s capital market continues to face challenges and officials need to take practical measures to restore trust to the market. “What indeed is the main culprit eating away at the roots of the…

  • LDR Declines

    LDR Declines


    December 16,2022

    The loan to deposit ratio (LDR) declined for eight months to November 22 by 82.4%, which was 1.1 percentage points lower than the beginning of the fiscal year in March at 83.2%, the Central Bank of…

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