– Today 10% (equal to 15,645,000 shares) of Qom Atrin Thread Co., a producer of PES, PA and twisting filament yarn, went public on Iran Fara Bourse under the ticker of ANQZ as the 6th IPO this year. The maximum of 300 shares could be bought by each investor through book building method within the IRR 4,680 – IRR 4,914 range. The company exports 5% of its production and Turkey is its main destination.
– Tax organization of Iran ratified a bylaw lowering taxes for equity trades to only 0.1% on Iran Stock Market. Previously there was a0.5% tax imposed on trades upon the sale of securities, stocks and stock rights, which now has lowered to the minimum possible level in order to maximize the participation of involved parties.
– Iranian food industry is to utilize the capacity of Iran Capital Market covering its financing needs by issuing Islamic Corporate Sukuks. Tomorrow, Kourosh food industry co. (a private joint stock firm) will publish IRR 500 bn (USD 11.8 mn) worth of Murabaha Sukuks on Iran Fara Bourse. The securities are going to be mature in 2 years and have an annual yield of 16%. Mellat Investment Bank is the underwriter and book runner of these securities while Mellat Bank will act as the guarantor to this issue.
– Today a new piece of Islamic T-Bills was supposed to be offered on Iran Fara Bourse. Being the second issue of the new Islamic treasury bills IPO round on Iran Debt Market, the TB291 has a value of IRR 10,000 bn (USD 235.7 mn) and will be matured on Aug 14, 2019. The older issues with close maturity dates are TB181 and TB191 which has a YTM of 26.22% and 25.89% respectively. However, the new offer did not price at today’s session. The below table demonstrates issues with highest yields on the last trading session:
– Today, four(4) new issues of Islamic T-Bills worth IRR 43,000 bn (USD 1.02 bn) got listed on Iran Fara Bourse ready for their initial public offering any time now. These new debt securities have maturities between 5 to 24 months and the below table demonstrate their issue details:
– Aiming at expanding its Euro-based interactions, the head of the Securities and Exchange Organization of Iran announced the consideration of launching Euro dealt Kish International Iran Stock Exchange within the next 2 months in the exchange High Council; this market is to host foreign companies, mostly from countries with less cooperation with the US, including adjacent neighbors and European trade partners as well as domestic players.
– Today 10% of Saman Kish E-payment co. shares went public on Tehran Stock Exchange through book building method. The price range was from IRR 6,200 to 6,500 per share and each trading code could only place an order for 5000 shares (ultimately each code received only 1,787 shares). Ultimately price at IRR 6,500, the company record a P/E ratio of 6.2 with a TTM P/E of 7.0 (the sector benchmark rate stands at 8.60). Below pie chart shows the market share of Saman Kish contrary to its other rivals in the industry.
– Iranian Islamic T-Bills have shown a strange behaviour since our last update. After a solid ascending trend just a week ago, the curve for longer maturities is now on a descending path. The below image demonstrates the details of outstanding T-Bills issues on Iran debt market.
– Deputy chair of Iranian Supreme National Security Council announced the ratification of Combating the Financing of Terrorism act on the parliament (Iran joins CFT). However, in order for national interest to count in as well, senators added a few conditions to the bill. Most important of those is the fact that upon a conflict between the constitution and bill articles, the base would the constitution for enforcement. This (Iran joins CFT) could lead to a better status for Iran in FATF grey list and eventually ends in a permanent exit from the shortlist.
– Following its strategic plans in regards to developing new underlying assets in derivative contracts, the first Saffron Futures Contracts for delivery in September will be launched on Iran Mercantile Exchange since this Wednesday. Over the past months, negotiations have been held with practitioners in the agriculture space, bodies involved as well as brokerage firms in Tehran and Mashhad. Each contract size will be 100 grams of saffron as the underlying asset with daily price fluctuation range of 3%.