ISTANBUL, May 11 (Reuters) - Here are news, reports and
events that may affect Turkish financial markets on Monday.
    The lira  TRYTOM=D3  traded at 7.0850 against the dollar at
0510 GMT, having firmed from Friday's close of 7.1140. On
Thursday it weakened to a record low of 7.2690.
    The main BIST 100 share index  .XU100  fell 0.56% to
97,845.20 points on Friday.

    GLOBAL MARKETS
    Asian shares followed Wall Street higher on Monday as
investors looked ahead to more countries restarting their
economies, even as some reported an unwelcome pick up in new
coronavirus cases.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2CT08E
    
    CORONAVIRUS
    The number of people who have died from COVID-19 in Turkey
has risen by 47 in the last 24 hours to 3,786, Health Ministry
data showed on Sunday. The overall number of cases rose by 1,542
to 138,657, the data showed. 
    On Monday, Turkey eases some of the restrictions it imposed
due to the virus, by allowing shopping malls, clothing stores
and barber shops to open.
    
    CABINET MEETING
    President Tayyip Erdogan will chair a meeting of cabinet
ministers via video conference
    
    LIRA TRANSACTIONS
    Turkey's banking watchdog may lift a transaction ban it
imposed on BNP Paribas, Citibank and UBS if they fulfil their
lira liabilities but an investigation into the three banks will
continue, its head said on Sunday according to the state-owned
Anadolu news agency.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2CS0EP
    
    UNEMPLOYMENT 
    The Turkish Statistics Institute will announce unemployment
data for February. (0700 GMT)
    
    ISBANK  ISCTR.IS 
    Turkish private lender Isbank's posted a 0.1% fall in its
first quarter net profit to 1.5 billion lira ($211.82 million).
The bank's loans increased 9.6% to 317.1 billion lira.
    
    VAKIFBANK  VAKBN.IS 
    State-owned lender Vakifbank recorded a net profit of 1.7
billion liras in the first quarter, with a jump of 163.5%
compared to the same period last year. 
    
    LIBYA
    Turkey said on Sunday it would deem the forces of Libyan
General Khalifa Haftar "legitimate targets" if what it termed
their attacks on its interests and diplomatic missions in Libya
persisted.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2CS0I3

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($1 = 7.0814 liras)

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