EghtesadOnline: The Purchasing Managers’ Index for industries during the 12th month of last fiscal year (Feb. 19-March 20) settled at 57.29 from 58.34 in the preceding month (Jan. 20-Feb. 18), indicating a 1.05-point or a 1.8% decrease.
EghtesadOnline: Foreign exchange rates continued to rise on Saturday, with the US dollar entering the 26,000-rial channel, the highest in the past four weeks.
EghtesadOnline: Large and small-cap shares took different paths in the Tehran Stock Exchange on Sunday with the shares of the latter closing mainly in the red and the former pushing the TSE benchmark further into positive territory.