Turkey - Factors to Watch on April 13

Hurriyet Gazetecilik ve Matbaacilik

13/04/2015 06:30

ISTANBUL, April 13 (Reuters) - Here are news, reports and 
events that may affect Turkish financial markets on Monday. 
    The lira  TRYTOM=D3  weakened to 2.6376 against the dollar 
by 0530 GMT from 2.6280 late on Friday. 
    The main share index  .XU100  fell 1.04 percent to 82,645 
points on Friday. The benchmark 10-year government bond yield 
 tTR120325TA=IS  rose to 8.37 percent by the spot close on 
Friday from 8.23 percent a day earlier. 
     
    GLOBAL MARKETS 
    Asian shares got off to a shaky start on Monday as recent 
rallies offered traders a profit-taking opportunity, while the 
dollar edged away from recent peaks in early trading. MSCI's 
broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan 
 .MIAPJ0000PUS  was down about 0.1 percent after touching its 
highest levels since September in the previous week. 
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    MOODY'S  
    The ratings agency did not update its sovereign rating on 
Turkey on Friday, one of the days which it had designated as a 
possible date to do so. 
     
    VAKIFBANK  VAKBN.IS  
    State lender Vakifbank will issue a total 600 million lira 
($227 million) worth of bonds through public offering on April 
13-15, the bank said in a statement to the Istanbul stock 
exchange on Friday. 
     
    HURRIYET, DOGAN GAZETECILIK 
    The newspaper publisher Hurriyet  HURGZ.IS  has decided to 
merge with the media group Dogan Gazetecilik  DGZTE.IS , both 
part of the Dogan group. The companies made the announcement in 
a statement to the Istanbul stock exchange on Friday evening. 
     
Note: For a list of forthcoming events, see TR/DIARY. 
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($1 = 2.6377 liras) 
 
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