TEHRAN- During weekdays ending up to January 31, while 561,786 million tons (MT) of commodities worth over $547.6 million were traded on Iran Mercantile Exchange (IME), the trading volume and value experienced growth of 11 percent and 5 percent, respectively.

According to the report from IME International Affairs and Public Relations Department, last week, on the domestic and export metal and mineral trading floor of IME, 140,220 MT of various products worth close to $211 million were traded.

On this trading floor, 127,120 MT of steel, 7,955 MT of copper, 4,000 MT of aluminum, 1,000 MT of cement, 110 MT of molybdenum concentrates and 15 MT of precious metal concentrates were traded by customers.

The report declares that on domestic and export oil and petrochemical trading floors of IME, 419,819 MT of different commodities with the total value of $353 million were traded.

On this trading floor, 185,040 MT of VB feed stock, 84,420 MT of bitumen, 75,085 MT of polymer products, 30,767 MT of chemical products, 42,210 MT of sulfur, 50 MT of base oil as well as 2,246 MT of insulation were traded.

Moreover, on the agricultural trading floor of IME some 1,474 MT of maize was traded by customers.

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