Tehran's TEDPIX Gains 0.84% Tuesday, Tops 5.9 Million Points

Tehran's main stock index, TEDPIX, rose 0.84 percent on Tuesday, August 18, 2026 (27 Mordad 1405), while the equal weight index gained 0.55 percent. According to Ecoiran, trading value on the exchange topped 48 trillion tomans that day. Even so, retail investors pulled roughly 1 trillion tomans out of the market, and rising supply in the session's second half pointed to trader caution. The gain kept the index above the 5.9 million point mark.