Turkey - Factors to Watch on March 22

Hurriyet Gazetecilik ve Matbaacilik

22/03/2018 05:48

ISTANBUL, March 22 (Reuters) - Here are news, reports and
events that may affect Turkish financial markets on Thursday.
    The lira  TRYTOM=D3  stood at 3.9118 against the U.S. dollar
at 0548 GMT, little changed from Wednesday's close of 3.9100.
    The yield on the benchmark 10-year bond  TR110827T0=IS  was
at 12.53 percent in spot trade on Wednesday and rose to 12.57
percent in Thursday-dated trade.
    The main BIST 100 share index  .XU100  rose 1.05 percent to
117,651.30 points on Wednesday. 
    
    GLOBAL MARKETS
    The U.S. dollar slipped on Thursday after the Federal
Reserve did not signal a faster pace of rate hikes this year
while worries about a coming announcement on tariffs from U.S.
President Donald Trump dented Asian shares. MSCI's broadest
index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan  .MIAPJ0000PUS  fell
0.1 percent, erasing earlier gains of up to 0.7 pct, which were
led by South Korea  .KS11  and Taiwan  .TWII  hitting six-week
highs.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1R41WT
    
    DOGAN HOLDING  DOHOL.IS 
    Dogan Holding said it had begun talks with Demiroren Holding
on the sale of its written and visual media based on an
operating value of $1.1 billion and a share value of $890
million after a discount related to debts.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1R40FI

    ERDOGAN
    President Tayyip Erdogan will hold a regular meeting with
Prime Minister Binali Yildirim (1200 GMT). He will also meet
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama (1600 GMT).
    
    YILDIRIM
    Prime Minister Yildirim will attend a launch for an
industrial competence assessment and support project (1100 GMT).
    
    TURKCELL  TCELL.IS 
    The leading mobile phone company will hold a news conference
(0700 GMT).

    CAPACITY UTILISATION  TRCAPU=ECI 
    The central bank will release capacity utilisation data for
March (1130 GMT).
    
    MANUFACTURING CONFIDENCE  TRGRWT=ECI 
    The central bank will also announce manufacturing confidence
data for March (1130 GMT).
    
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 (Writing by Daren Butler)
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