Gold and Silver Certificates and Funds on Iran Mercantile Exchange See Over 38 Trillion Tomans in Weekly Trade

According to Iran Mercantile Exchange data, in the week ending August 7, 2026 (16 Mordad 1405), the silver bullion deposit certificate market traded 3,136,567 certificates, equal to 3.1 tons of silver, worth 1,263 billion tomans, while silver options saw 156,986 contracts worth 22.5 billion tomans. In gold, 2,370,832 gold bullion deposit certificates, equal to 237 kilograms, traded for 5,800 billion tomans, and gold options saw 79,555 contracts equal to 8 kilograms of gold worth 77.5 billion tomans. Gold investment funds moved 3.797 billion units worth 28,600 billion tomans over the same week, while silver funds moved 2.819 billion units worth 3,000 billion tomans. Combined, these six markets totaled about 38,760 billion tomans in weekly trade.