Iran’s stock market, the Tehran Stock Exchange, reopened on Tuesday after an 80-day of closure due to wartime casualties. However, the market’s verdict on the conflict was not in the favour and nearly 72% of the stocks in red or flat on the first day of trading.
Iran’s main stock index, TEDPIX, gained 2,500 units to close at 3,716,000 points. According to IRIB, Iran’s state broadcaster only 28 percent of stocks traded in positive territory during the session. The remaining 72 percent fell or were flat.
Over 40 company tickers remained suspended entirely. These were the sustained physical damage, supply chain disruption or revenue losses due to the war, and have not yet filed the required disclosures to resume trading, Roya News reported.
When was Tehran Stock Exchange closed?
On February 28, the day of attack on Iran by the United States and Israel, the Tehran Stock Exchange was closed within hours. Hamid Yari, deputy head of Iran’s Securities and Exchange Organization (SEO) had said the decision was intended “to safeguard investors’ assets, curb emotional decision-making, and foster a trading environment with more accurate and transparent information.
The was in a bullish situation at the beginning of 2026. According to Al Jazeera, TEDPIX had reached an all-time high of nearly 4.5 million points at the start of 2026.
However, it fell sharply following nationwide protests in which Iranian officials reported thousands of deaths. It was followed by a 20-day state-imposed internet shutdown.
The TEDPIX had fallen to approximately 3.7 million points, by the time war began with investors pulling money out amid escalating military tensions. Between January 8 and February 21, 2026, small investors had already withdrawn around 107.8 trillion rials, approximately $66.5 million, in just 24 trading sessions.