Turkey - Factors to Watch on Dec 21

Anadolu Hayat Emeklilik

21/12/2017 05:29

ISTANBUL, Dec 21 (Reuters) - Here are news, reports and 
events that may affect Turkish financial markets on Thursday. 
    The lira  TRYTOM=D3  stood at 3.8250 against the U.S. dollar 
at 0529 GMT, unchanged from the close on Wednesday. 
    The yield on the benchmark 10-year bond  TR110827T0=IS  was 
at 12.35 percent in spot trade on Wednesday and rose to 12.36 
percent in Thursday-dated trade. 
    The main BIST 100 share index  .XU100  rose 0.25 percent to 
110,454.67 points on Wednesday.  
     
    GLOBAL MARKETS 
    Asian markets offered a muted reaction on Thursday to the 
passage of U.S. tax cuts as benefits to company bottom lines 
were already baked into stock prices, while bonds were spooked 
by the blowout in government debt needed to fund the giveaways. 
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan 
 .MIAPJ0000PUS  dipped 0.06 percent in thin trade, while 
Australian stocks  .AXJO  lost 0.2 percent.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N1OK54I 
     
    CENTRAL BANK MINUTES 
    The Turkish Central Bank will release the minutes of its 
monetary policy committee meeting last week, when it raised its 
late liquidity window rate by a less-than-expected 50 basis 
points (1100 GMT).  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1OE0X7 
     
    CONSUMER CONFIDENCE  TRCONC=ECI  
    The Turkish Statistical Institute will announce consumer 
confidence data for December (0700 GMT). 
     
    ERDOGAN 
    President Tayyip Erdogan will make a speech at a culture and 
arts awards ceremony (1030 GMT). He will also meet the head of 
the armed forces General Hulusi Akar (1230 GMT) and the MIT 
national intelligence agency head Hakan Fidan (1330 GMT). 
     
    UN MEETING ON JERUSALEM 
    Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu will attend a United 
Nations General Assembly emergency session regarding the U.S. 
decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital. 
     
    YILDIRIM 
    Prime Minister Binali Yildirim will speak at a meeting of 
university graduates (0800 GMT). He will also attend a 
groundbreaking ceremony for a research and development centre 
and factory (0930 GMT). 
     
    PEGASUS  PGSUS.IS  
    Airline Pegasus said on Thursday it will exercise its 
purchase option for 25 additional aircraft under an order placed 
with Airbus in July 2012 for a total of 100 new planes. 
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nI7N1O702K 
     
    ISBANK  ISCTR.IS  
    Is Bankasi has been authorised by its board to buy until the 
end of 2018 free float shares, up to a maximum 3 percent of 
their paid-in capital, in its units including Sisecam  SISE.IS , 
TSKB  TSKB.IS  and Anadolu Hayat  ANHYT.IS . 
     
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 (Writing by Daren Butler) 
 ((daren.butler@tr.com; +90-212-350 7053; Reuters Messaging: 
daren.butler.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)) 
 
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