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Tehran Stock Exchange Notches Second Straight Record, But Sunday's Gain Shrinks to Just 0.14 Percent

TEDPIX climbed as high as 6,154,000 points in mid session trading on Sunday, August 23, 2026, notching a second straight record close, but a wave of second half selling pared the day's gain to just 0.14 percent, at 6,069,888 points. Buy queues held on only 245 symbols, and per Donya-e-Eqtesad, both real money and fixed income funds ended the day wi...

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Sahmino editorial· 23 August· 1 min read· Stocks

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Donya-e-EqtesadTEDPIX closed up 8,292 points (0.14%) at 6,069,888; 988 billion tomans in real money and 3,652 billion tomans from fixed-income funds left the marketCited Aug 23, 2026
Donya-e-EqtesadTEDPIX reached 6,154,000 points in early trading; fixed income funds saw net outflow of 2.1 trillion tomans while 800 billion tomans of real money entered stocksCited Aug 23, 2026
Eco IranTehran Stock Exchange leads with a 62 percent return since the start of 1405; up 145 percent over the past year, second only to melted gold's 172 percentCited Aug 23, 2026
Donya-e-EqtesadTEDPIX crossed the 6 million point threshold for the first time in its history, up 1.83 percent (108,000 points)Cited Aug 23, 2026

Commodity · News

Aref: Top Income Decile Gets 23 Times More Gasoline Subsidy Than Bottom Decile; Government Denies 80,000 Toman Price Rumor (Sunday, August 23, 2026)

Mohammad Reza Aref, Iran's First Vice President, said Sunday, August 23, 2026 that the country's top income decile receives 23 times more benefit from the gasoline subsidy than the bottom decile, and that subsidized gasoline costs the country several billion dollars a year. Government spokesperson Fatemeh Mohajerani denied a rumored 80,000 toman ga...

6 min read · 23 August

Currency · News

Tehran's Free-Market Dollar Crosses 200,000 Tomans for the First Time Tonight (Sunday, Shahrivar 1, 1405)

Iran's free-market dollar in Tehran crossed 200,000 tomans (2,000,000 rials) tonight, Sunday, Shahrivar 1, 1405 (August 23, 2026), for the first time in at least a month, trading as high as 201,300 tomans; three independent sources (Sahmino, TGJU and Alanchand) confirm the level. That is up about 4 percent from last night's Sahmino-registered rate...

8 min read · 23 August

General · Market update

18-Karat Gold Hits a Third Straight Record, Tops 21 Million Tomans; Iran Market Pulse, Midday Sunday, Sept 1 Shahrivar 1405, TEDPIX Nears 6.1 Million Points

Eighteen-karat gold in Tehran hit 21,469,200 tomans today, Sunday, Sept 1 Shahrivar 1405 (August 23, 2026), a third straight record, up about 4.7 percent from Saturday. TEDPIX reached 6,099,092 points in trading today, Tether's toman price jumped nearly 1.3 percent, and markets await tomorrow's US sanctions package.

16 min read · 23 August

Stocks · Analysis

Vabmellat, Mobarakeh Steel, Shepna and Ikco: Sahmino's 4-Stock Weekly Watchlist, From Vabmellat's P/E of 2.99 to Ikco's Losses (Saturday, August 22, 2026)

In the first edition of its Weekly Watchlist series, Sahmino examined four Tehran Stock Exchange names for the week ahead: Vabmellat, Mobarakeh Steel, Shepna and Ikco. All four closed higher on Saturday, August 22, 2026, and three closed locked in buy queues, but their P/E ratios and profit trends differ sharply, from Vabmellat's P/E of 2.99 (rough...

10 min read · 23 August