Iran Market Pulse: Saturday Morning, July 18, 2026; the Dollar Hits a Fresh Record Near 191,000 Tomans as Global Markets Turn Higher Alongside the Oman Table

Saturday morning; the free dollar set a fresh record near one hundred ninety-one thousand tomans. That is above last week's one hundred eighty-eight thousand peak, up nearly eight percent in a week. Iran's delegation is at the table in Oman today, focused on ship passage through the Strait of Hormuz. In currency, the free dollar was near one hundred ninety-one thousand tomans, the toman tether a bit higher. On Thursday, gram gold closed near eighteen million tomans and the Emami coin around one eighty-five million. Look; in one week the free dollar climbed nearly eight percent to one hundred ninety-one thousand tomans. The last bourse session was Wednesday; the index fell about zero point six percent, below four point nine million. It was the market's seventh straight losing session, and real-money outflow continued through the week. In crypto, bitcoin was near sixty-three thousand dollars Friday and ethereum near eighteen hundred, both lower. In steel, Aryan Foulad factory rebar was quoted between sixty-six and about sixty-eight thousand tomans a kilogram. The car market is cautious; a fresh dollar record usually shows up in asking prices only with a lag. In materials, cement tracks energy costs and seasonal construction demand more than daily currency swings. Globally, Brent jumped over four percent to eighty-eight dollars and spot gold returned above four thousand. Wall Street closed lower Friday; the S and P, Nasdaq and Dow all fell under a chip-stock sell-off. Today's global message is the return of the risk premium; gold and oil rose while world equities slipped. What to watch: the Oman meeting, the Tehran bourse open, and whether gold holds above four thousand. For the bourse, two conflicting signals; a weaker rial helps exporters, but geopolitical risk weighs on all. Full analysis is on Sahmino dot com; do you think the Oman table pushes the dollar higher or lower? Tell us.