TEHRAN- TEDPIX, the main index of Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE), climbs 4,727 points to 1.248 million on Tuesday.

Over 7.171 billion securities worth 54.349 trillion rials (about $1.29 billion) were traded at the TSE on Tuesday.

The first market’s index rose 7,307 points, and the second market’s index gained 3,615 points.

TEDPIX rose 66,000 points in the past Iranian calendar week (ended on June 25).

The index returned to the uptrend after a long period of fluctuation and continuation of the downward trend.

Over the past two years, a number of factors affecting Iranian economy have created a new status in the country’s capital market, in a way that this market experienced such a growth in the past Iranian calendar year 1399 (ended on March 20) that was never seen in its history of more than 50 years.

The fall in oil prices and the reimposition of the U.S. unilateral sanctions on Iran’s economy led the Iranian government to turn to the capital market for funding.

On one hand, the government tried to prevent liquidity from going to the markets such as gold and foreign currency, and on the other hand, considering the recent events in the Iranian economy, it also looks at this market with a view of financing, which resulted in the prosperity of this market.

The rising rate of inflation and also that of foreign currency exchange have been also mentioned as two major factors led to the flourishment of the capital market.

In addition to inflation, which has been one of the main drivers of capital market growth in the past two years, another market driver is changing the attitude of government officials towards the capital market and trying to transfer the shares of 18 large state-owned companies through exchange-traded funds (ETFs).

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