TEHRAN- Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE)’s main index (TEDPIX) has increased 88 percent since the beginning of current Iranian calendar year (March 21, 2018), Tasnim news agency reported on Sunday.

Some 534 new trading codes have been issued for Iranian investors during the first half of the current calendar year (March 21-Septemebr 22), increasing the number of trading codes to 10.483 million in the stock market, Iranian Central Securities Depository and Settlement Funds Company (known as SAMAT) has previously announced.

There are currently over 10.376 individual investors and 106,000 institutional investors in Iran’s stock exchange market.

Presence of new shareholders in TSE rose 40 percent in the past Iranian calendar year 1396 (ended on March 20), compared to its preceding year, as the former head of TSE, Hassan Qalibaf-Als, has previously announced.

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