Tehran Stock Exchange Monthly Statistics August 1999

During the twenty three trading days in August the volume of transactions and turnover were 34.6 million and IRR 120,494.9 million respectively. Meanwhile, the TSE All Share Price index (TEPIX) closed at 1,730.98 at the end of August. During the month shares and rights issues of 158 companies were traded in 26,977 instances, showing a slight increase in the number of companies traded (149 companies in July) and a slight increase in instances 26,977 compared with the previous month (24,377 instances in July). As a result the price of shares of 93 companies increased (against 66 in July) while those of 57 fell (against 65 in July). Registered market capitalisation at the end of trading in August was IRR 31,256.9 billion, slightly up (around 2.14 %) compared to the end of July figure of IRR 30,600.65 billion.