Tehran Stock Exchange Sets Rial Turnover Record; Dollar Value Just a Quarter of 2020 Peak

According to an analytical report by Ecoiran published Wednesday, August 12, 2026 (21 Mordad 1405), the trading value of shares, pre-emption rights and equity funds on the Tehran Stock Exchange reached a range of 65.6 to 66.4 hemat (trillion tomans) on Sunday, August 9, 2026 (18 Mordad 1405), hailed as an all time record for Iran's capital market, about 21 percent above the previous record of 54.2 hemat set on June 16, 2026 (26 Khordad 1405). But calculated at that day's dollar rate of about 185,910 tomans, the dollar value of the trading came to only 353 to 357 million dollars, compared with 1.382 billion dollars in trading worth 30.5 hemat on July 8, 2020 (18 Tir 1399) at a dollar rate of 22,050 tomans, about 74.5 percent higher than today's figure. Still, the ratio of daily trading to total market value has risen from about 0.3 to 0.35 percent in 2020 to close to 0.4 percent now, indicating turnover has become relatively more active relative to the market's current size.