The total index (TEDPIX) of Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE) closed at 39990.2 point at the end of March 2013, 5.8 percent higher than the beginning of the year's figure. However, TSE's blue-chip index (TEDFIX 30) lost about 2 percent in the 1Q13, and closed at 2097.3.
At the end of March 2013, total number of listed companies at TSE amounted 322, with no difference to the previous quarter.
TSE's entire equity market capitalization stood at IRR 1,794,459 billion, increasing more than 6 percent over the quarter.
The total trading value at the equity market increased 13 percent, comparing with the 4Q12, but the trading volume of the quarter declined nearly 10 percent. About 23.9 billion shares and rights were traded in the first quarter at the total value of IRR 96.8 trillion. These were executed in more than 1.4 million transactions.
In TSE‘s futures market, 558 single stock contracts were traded at the total value of IRR 17 billion, which were respectively 9.7 and 4.6 percent lower than the figures of 4Q12.