According to Eghtesad Online, just 30 minutes after trading opened on Sunday, 26 July 2026 (4 Mordad 1405), the value of buy orders for gold funds overtook the value of sell orders, reaching 144 billion tomans. Trading value in these funds passed 2,325 billion tomans the same day, and 12 funds saw retail money inflows.
The shift in demand came on a day when domestic benchmark gold prices retreated. On Sahmino's price board as of 13:30 on Sunday, 4 Mordad, a gram of 18-carat gold was down about 1.22 percent at 18,035,000 tomans, while cash melted gold was trading down close to 1.4 percent.
Gold funds are the main vehicle for non-physical gold investment for Tehran Stock Exchange investors, and their trading value is one gauge of hedging demand in Iran's capital market.
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Eghtesad Online
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