Retail money flowed into Iran's gold funds on Saturday while silver funds saw a small outflow
Aug 1, 2026
In trading on Saturday 1 August 2026, gold and silver funds on Iran's capital market saw different money flows. Turnover in gold funds ended the day at 7,638 billion tomans, down 1 percent from the previous trading session, with volume recorded at 1.1 billion units.
Net change of ownership in gold funds was positive 719 billion tomans on the day, taking total retail inflows into these funds since the start of the Iranian year 1405 to 54,071 billion tomans. Of the 35 active gold funds, 30 closed the day with a positive return in a range of zero to plus 1 percent, and 22 saw retail money come in.
Silver funds, by contrast, turned over 738 billion tomans on the same day, 32 percent more than on Wednesday 29 July, but their net change of ownership was negative 31 billion tomans. Even so, 4 silver funds attracted retail money, and total retail inflows into silver funds since the start of the year reached 16,627 billion tomans.
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Gold and silver funds on Iran's capital market, image published with the fund flows report of 1 August 2026
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