Iran Mercantile Exchange

IME facilitates the trading of commodities and products through its markets. '''IME's Listed Commodities on Different Trading Floors''' ==Products==

Industrial • Steel • Aluminum • Copper • Gold Bar • Zinc • Lead • Precious Metals • Nickel • Industrial & Mineral (including cement) Petrochemicals & Oil by-products • Bitumen • Chemical • Polymers • Sulfur • Base Oil • Lube Cut Agricultural • Grains Group: various kinds of corn, grain, wheat, rice, bran • Dried and Trans Products: various kinds of pistachio, date, raisins, saffron, cumin, tea, sugar • Oil Meals and Seeds Group: various kinds of oily seeds like soybean and oil cake seeds like soybean, colza, cotton seed, sunshade, Safflower cake, corn, palm • Cereals Group: pea, lentil • Frozen Chicken ==New products==

In 2016, IME introduced gold futures and options (as hedging tools). ==Supervision and regulation==

The Securities and Exchange Organization (SEO) is the sole regulatory entity for the regulation and development of the capital market in Iran. In 2013, Iran Mercantile Exchange joined the Federation of Euro-Asian Stock Exchanges (FEAS) as an observer member. ==Tradable contracts==

• Spot contract • Forward contract • Contract on Credit • Futures contract (since 2008) • Options contract ==Trading system==

Trading in IME is based on open outcry auction using electronic trading platform, an interaction of bids and offers made by the buying and selling brokers. ==IME Statistics==

1 Due to the reclassification of "cement" under "manufacturing and mining products", figures for 2010/11 have been revised. Previously, "cement" was classified under "oil and petrochemical products". ==References==