The total index (TEDPIX) of Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE) closed at 29,207.1 point at the end of September 2012, which was 19.7 percent higher than the beginning of the year's value, and 15.8 percent more than the end of the second quarter. TSE's blue-chip index (TEDFIX 30) also gained 16 percent in the third quarter and closed at 1,663.7 point.
Five new firms have been listed at the Exchange since the beginning of 2012, three in the first, and one in each of the second and third quarters, turning the total number of listed companies into 325 at the end of September 2012.
TSE's entire equity market capitalization stood at IRR 1,321,564 billion, increasing about 10.4 percent over the quarter.
The total trading value and volume at the equity market increased about 9.1 and 18.2 percent, respectively, comparing with the 2nd Q 2012. About 16.6 billion shares and rights were traded in the third quarter at the total value of IRR 40.6 trillion. These were executed in more than one million transactions, which were slightly more than the number of trades in the previous quarter.
TSE‘s debt market, with a huge growth than the 2ndQ, had about 2.7 million participation bonds traded at the value of IRR 2.7 trillion in this quarter. Only three contracts with the value of IRR 100 million were executed in the TSE’s single stock futures market. Also, a new derivative product, embedded put option contract, was introduced to the market in the 3rdQ, and more than 5.2 million contracts were traded at IRR 300 million.
