TEHRAN, Jan 13 - 403,663 MT of commodities worth over $381 million were traded on Iran Mercantile Exchange (IME) in the first week of January, the trading volume and value experienced growth of 46 and 26 percent, respectively.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - On the domestic and export metal and mineral trading floor of IME, 194,319 MT of various products worth close to $182 million were traded during the period.
On this trading floor, 188,410 MT of steel, 2,280 MT of copper, 3,500 MT of aluminum, 120 MT of molybdenum concentrates, 9 MT of precious metal concentrates as well as one kg of gold bullion were traded by customers.
The report declares that on domestic and export oil and petrochemical trading floors of IME, 206,608 MT of different commodities with the total value of $190 million were traded.
On this trading floor, 77,725 MT of VB feed stock, 52,497 MT of bitumen, 47,960 MT of polymer products, 22,108 MT of chemical products, 6,370 MT of sulfur, 140 MT of argon as well as 250 MT of insulation were traded.
Moreover, on the agricultural trading floor of IME witnessed trading 2,294 MT of certificates of deposit for maize was traded by customers.