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Over the third week of September;

14 pct growth in trading volume in IME

Sep 25, 2017, 3:01 PM
News ID: 20241

EghtesadOnline: During weekdays ending up to September 21, while 576,986 MT of commodities worth over 290 million USD were traded in Iran Mercantile Exchange, trading volume experienced a growth of 14%.

According to the report from IME International Affairs and PR, last week, on the domestic and export metal and mineral trading floor of IME, 139,057 MT of various products worth close to 117.4 million USD were traded.

On this trading floor, 130,827 MT of steel products, 600 MT of aluminum, 5,490 MT of copper, 140 MT of molybdenum concentrates, 2,000 MT of coke as well as 2 kg of gold bullion were traded, ISNA reported.

The report declares that on domestic and export oil and petrochemical trading floors of IME, 376,864 MT of different commodities with the total value of 151 million USD were traded.

On this trading floor, more than 168,954 MT of bitumen, 48,537 MT of polymer products, 110,000 MT of VB feed stock as well as 19,000 MT of lube-cut oil, 18,909 MT of chemical products, 6,740 MT of sulfur, 2,050 MT of slaps waxes, 552 MT of base oil and slack waxes and 2,122 MT of insulation were traded.

Moreover, on the agricultural trading floor of IME, 54,884 MT of various commodities worth over 19 million USD were traded. On this trading floor, 1,600 MT of feed barley, 43,000 MT of wheat, 10,125 MT of sugar, 159,000 day oil chicks as well as 4 kg of saffron threads were traded by customers.

It is worth noting that during the third week of September, the side market of IME witnessed trading of 3,500 MT of liquid nitrogen fertilizer, 980 MT of HRS with thickness 2, alongside 700 MT of potash (potassium chloride), 400 MT of metal scrap, 200 MT of raw milk, 175 MT of phosphate concentrate, 140 MT of powdered milk, 60 MT of polymeric methylene diphenyl diisocyanate, 22 MT of used locomotive engine oil, as well as 4 MT of worn wooden sleepers.