Farabourse Rally: Composite Index Gains 4.7 Percent in a Week, Nears the 46,000 Point Band

Iran Farabourse's composite index (IFX) rose 2,058 points, or 4.7 percent, in the week ending Thursday, August 13, 2026 (22 Mordad 1405), climbing from 43,871 to 45,929 points and taking its year-to-date return to 61.8 percent since the start of 1405. According to Bourse News, Farabourse's total market value also grew 3 percent to more than 5,000 trillion tomans.

Over the same week, more than 121.987 billion securities changed hands on Farabourse markets; trading value fell 20 percent from the prior week to 872,000 billion tomans, even as trading volume rose 29 percent and the number of trades jumped 133 percent. Trading value on Farabourse's second market rose 49 percent to more than 20,499 billion tomans. Among the week's events was the initial public offering of Ehya Steel Bafat, traded under the ticker Ehya, on Farabourse's second market, where its shares were priced at 3,418 rials each.