Weekly Trade of Commodities at Iran Mercantile Exchange Market Exceeds 600 Million Dollars
The IME reported that the exchange saw on its metals and minerals trading floor trade of 2,217,411 tons of commodities valued at more than $390mln in the recent working week.
On this floor the IME sold 1,284,994 tons of cement, 397,000 tons of iron ore, 365,147 tons of steel, 171,000 tons of sponge iron, 9,400 tons of zinc, 6,775 tons of copper, 6,545 tons of aluminum, 500 tons of coke, 200 tons of molybdenum concentrate and 125 tons of lead.
Also, the IME witnessed on both domestic and export rings of its oil and petrochemical trading floor 406,916 tons of commodities worth more than $206mln.
Commodities traded on this floor included 160,000 tons of vacuum bottom, 95,276 tons of polymeric products, 95,503 tons of bitumen, 36,536 tons of chemicals, 14,000 tons of lube cut, 6,028 tons of oil, 850 tons of sulfur, 802 tons of petroleum products, 350 tons of waterproofing materials and 270 tons of feedstock.
The IME also traded within the same week 74,341 tons of goods on its side market.
IME is one of the four major stock markets of Iran, the other three markets are Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE), Iran’s over-the-counter (OTC) market known also as Iran Fara Bourse (IFB), and Iran Energy Exchange (IRENEX).
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