Turkey - Factors to Watch on Aug 28
28/08/2020 05:37
ISTANBUL, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Here are news, reports and
events that may affect Turkish financial markets on Friday.
The lira TRYTOM=D3 stood at 7.3610 against the U.S. dollar
at 0430 GMT, weakening from a close of 7.3430 on Thursday.
The main BIST 100 share index .XU100 rose 0.9% to 1.108,93
on Thursday.
TURKEY-GREECE TENSION
Greece ratified an accord on maritime boundaries with Egypt
on Thursday, hours after Turkey extended the operation of a
seismic survey vessel in the Eastern Mediterranean and said it
will hold firing exercises in the region next month.
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ECONOMIC CONFIDENCE TRECON=ECI
Turkey's Statistics Institute will announce the economic
confidence data for August.
YILDIZ HOLDING
Turkish conglomerate Yildiz Holding said on Thursday it had
tapped foreign-earned reserves to make an early payment of $600
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CORONAVIRUS
Turkey's new coronavirus cases rose by 1,491 on Thursday,
bringing the total number of cases to 263,998, with the number
of people dying rise by 26 to a total of 6,209, according to
Health Ministry data.
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(Writing by Ezgi Erkoyun)
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