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Market updateIran Market Pulse: Monday Morning, July 20, 2026; the Dollar Backs Off Its 194,000-Toman Record, but Its Gap With the Official Rate Widens to 42,000 Tomans
After days of record-setting, the parallel market caught its breath: by the evening of Sunday, 28 Tir 1405 (19 July 2026) the free-market dollar had eased to about 193,000 tomans, but its gap with the roughly 150,000-toman official ("toafoghi") rate widened past 42,000 tomans. 18-karat gold fell nearly 2%, yet the coin premium rose, and by early Monday Brent crude jumped more than 3% to the 91-dollar mark. The Tehran bourse logged another down session.
Market updateIran Market Pulse: Sunday Midday, 19 July 2026; The Dollar Holds Its 194,500-Toman Record as the Bourse Slides Toward a 9th Straight Loss
Sunday midday, 28 Khordad 1405 (19 July 2026): the market is pulling in two directions. The free dollar sits at a record near 194,500 toman and a gram of 18-karat gold holds in the 19-million-toman channel, yet the Tehran bourse index is trading about 0.6 percent lower by 11 a.m. and, if it holds, heads for a 9th straight losing session. The divergence between the bourse and the parallel market is today's main story.
Market updateIran Market Pulse: Saturday Midday, 18 July 2026; Tehran bourse falls about 2.5% on the week's first session as the agreed dollar breaks into the 150,000-toman channel
Saturday midday, 27 Tir 1405 (18 July 2026): on the week's first session and its eighth straight down day, the Tehran bourse fell nearly 2.5% by around 11 a.m., the main index near 4,776,000 points. Meanwhile the agreed dollar (the official rate) entered the 150,000-toman channel for the first time (150,237 toman), toman Tether stood at 194,581, and spot gold held above 4,000 dollars, on the day Iran's delegation sat at the Oman table over the Strait of Hormuz.
Market updateIran Market Pulse: Wednesday Midday, 15 July 2026; the Tehran bourse stays red intraday as global gold slips from its $4,080 peak
Midday Wednesday, 15 July 2026 (24 Tir 1405); mid-session, Tehran's main index (TEDPIX) is down about 0.29% near 4,910,330 for another red day, while the free-market dollar holds a record 184,110 tomans and a gram of 18-karat gold sits near 17,891,000 tomans. The fresh driver is external: spot gold has slipped from Tuesday's ~$4,080 peak to about $4,037 as the oil spike revives bets on a Federal Reserve rate hike.
Market updateIran Market Pulse: Wednesday Morning, 15 July 2026; Emami Coin Near 181 Million Tomans as Global Gold Holds Near $4,050
Wednesday morning, 24 Tir 1405 (15 July 2026). In overnight and early parallel-market trade, gold and coins ran ahead of the dollar: the Emami coin rose 2.25% to about 180,985,000 tomans and a gram of 18-karat gold gained 1.19% to about 17,892,000 tomans, while the free-market dollar held its record 184,110 tomans. The driver was global gold near $4,050 after a soft US inflation print. Tehran's bourse fell again, with 3,275 billion tomans of retail money leaving the market.
Market updateIran Market Pulse: Tuesday Midday, July 14, 2026; Tehran Bourse Slips Below 4.92 Million as Global Gold Reclaims $4,000
At midday on Tuesday, 23 Tir 1405 (14 July 2026), Tehran's TEDPIX index fell about 1.08% in the live session to 4,913,868 points (below 4.92 million), while the free-market dollar held near its record (the toman-tether proxy around 183,220 tomans) and global gold, which had slid below $4,000 on Monday, climbed back above that line. Brent crude traded near $85.8 and bitcoin near $62,605. The midday winners were gold and the dollar; the loser was equities.
Market updateIran Market Pulse: Saturday Midday, July 11, 2026; Tehran Stock Exchange Sheds 2.12% at Week's Reopening
Tehran Stock Exchange's main index (TEDPIX) fell 109,826 points (2.12%) to 5,177,030 by 10:58 AM Tehran time in the week's first trading session, Saturday, July 11, 2026 (20 Tir 1405), the market's first price reaction to two days of Iran-US military escalation over the weekend and the free-market dollar's jump into the 182,000-toman channel. Global gold held at $4,121 an ounce and bitcoin traded near $64,200.