The Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE) main gauge, TEDPIX, climbed 4,778 points or 3% as the closing bell rang on Saturday.
The market’s index started at 160,548 points as the opening bell rang.
Steel and mining giants as well as petrochemical companies such as Mobarakeh Steel Company, National Iranian Copper Industries Company and Golgohar Mining and Industrial Company had the biggest positive impact on the main index.
TSE is Iran’s largest stock market.
In the junior market Iran Fara Bourse, the main index IFX climbed 38 points to reach 2,028 points.
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