EghtesadOnline: Systematic risks have caught up with the Iranian stock markets. Concerns regarding base metal prices, based on a stronger dollar and an escalating trade war between the US and China, sunk metal stocks' fortunes in Iran as its main drivers, augmented by the government's refusal to allow the sale of commodities at an exchange rate other than the enforced one.

EghtesadOnline: Iran’s stock market was down on all fronts last week, as systematic risks , sliding oil and base metal prices coupled with heavy sales by institutional investors, and a further rial devaluation prevented Tehran Stock Exchange’s benchmark index from crossing the psychological 100,000 barrier and sapped Iran Fara Bourse’s growth.