Iran Market Pulse: Friday Morning, 17 July 2026; Global Gold Slips Below $4,000 as Markets Eye Saturday's Oman Talks

Today, Friday, the market has fresh news: signs the tension is easing, alongside records that still stand. Spot gold slipped below the four thousand dollar line on Thursday, down almost two percent. Most important, a new round of Iran and US talks was set for Saturday in Oman. The free dollar held its record near one hundred eighty eight thousand tomans, and Tether stayed close by. A gram of eighteen karat gold eased to about eighteen million two hundred forty five thousand tomans. The gold ounce now sits near three thousand nine hundred ninety two dollars, below the mid week peak. Yet the Emami coin premium widened to its widest in recent weeks, a fear that has not left the street. Tehran's bourse closed slightly lower in its last session on Wednesday and reopens on Saturday. Bitcoin fell to sixty three thousand four hundred dollars and Ethereum to about one thousand eight hundred fifty. Brent crude held near eighty four dollars and the global dollar index near a one month low. The Turkish lira hit a record low near forty seven per dollar, while China's yuan stayed calm. Tavanir reported a four thousand two hundred megawatt capacity drop; energy cost keeps a floor under steel. With no fresh news, the car market keeps tracking the record dollar. Type two cement is near four million tomans a ton, and power cuts are a new cost variable. This weekend, watch the Oman table, the bourse reopening, a gold auction, and the outage schedule. The International Energy Agency warned the world has only weeks to fully reopen Hormuz. The world sees a short conflict, but Tehran's street is still pricing the fear. Full analysis on Sahmino dot com. Will Saturday's Oman talks pull the dollar down, or not?