Dr. Ali Salehabadi, President of SEO and Hüseyin Erkan, Chairman and CEO of Istanbul Stock Exchange opened the Futures Market of Iran capital market today in a ceremony that all market professionals including managing directors of TSE and IME, were present.

Shares of the two private banks, Parsian and Karafarin, were traded as the first future contracts. Share prices and trading values were respectively 0.26$, 0.35$, 44000$ and 41000$.