Baku, Azerbaijan, Apr.26
By Fatih Karimov - Trend: The Tehran Stock Exchange main index (TEPIX) fell for the 5th day in a row.
TEPIX stood at 66,208 on April 26, a 331-point decrease compared to the day before, Iran's IRNA news agency reported on April 26.
The main market and the secondary market indices declined by 211 points and 872 points, respectively.
Over 384 million shares, valued at $28 million were traded on the stock market. The capital market's value hit $105 billion.
The sharp fall in TEPIX came after it soared in the wake of the nuclear agreement between Iran and the P5+1 group in Lausanne.
Founded in 1967, the Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE) has been one of the world's best performing stock markets in recent years and ranked as the best bourse index in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East in 2010 in terms of performance of the main index.
