The Iran Mercantile Exchange (IME) hosted trading of 1,943 thousand tons of various commodities worth over $1,045 million in spot and side markets in February.
According to a report from the IME International Affairs and PR, 1,943 thousand tons of different commodities were traded in domestic and export trading floors including 1,115 KT of various commodities worth more than $556 million in oil and petrochemical trading floor, 727 thousand tons of different products worth approximately $442 million in metals and minerals trading floor, and approximately 90 thousand tons of agricultural products worth $45 million in agricultural trading floor in the spot market.
Moreover, in February, the export trading floor witnessed trading of 243,310 MT of bitumen worth more than $73.3 million, 2,090 MT of insulation worth more than $770 thousand, 160,000 MT of iron ore worth approximately $8 million as well as 26,024 MT of sulfur worth over $1,161 thousand.
In addition, the IME experienced trading of 10,790 MT of products worth $3 million in its side market during the same month.
It is worth noting that the derivatives market hosted trading of 305,102 gold coin futures contracts worth over $1,303 million.