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(ECO) DAILY WRAP-UP OF ECONOMY NEWS
Tuesday, 31.Aug.2010, 23:49 (GMT3)

ANKARA (A.A) - The Turkish lira slightly weakened against theU.S. dollar and Euro on Tuesday. One U.S. dollar traded at 1.5270 and Euro at1.9410 at Istanbul free market.Turkish stock market was up 1.06 percent. The benchmark National-100 indexof the Istanbul Stock Exchange rose 626.66 points since the beginning of the day.The index closed at 59,972.59 points.A total of 259 kilograms of gold was traded at the Istanbul Gold Exchange(IAB). The trading volume was 10.29 million USD in 13 transactions on USD-basis.The Interbank Turkish Lira Reference Interest Rate (TRLIBOR) -- overnightinterest rate -- increased to 6.9900 percent on Tuesday.Turkey's exports rose by 13.4 percent to 64.4 billion U.S. dollarsyear-on-year between January and July 2010. Turkish Statistical Board, TurkStat,released on Tuesday foreign trade figures for July and the period between Januaryand July 2010. In the first seven months of 2010, the country's imports increasedby 32.1 percent to 99.3 billion U.S. dollars over to the same period of 2009.Foreign trade deficit also climbed by 89.4 percent to 34.9 billion U.S. dollarsyear-on-year between January and July 2010.The World Bank Board of Executive Directors have approved issuing a loan of220 million USD (169.2 million euros) to Turkey to be utilized as part of theEnergy Community of South East Europe (ECSEE). According to a written statementissued by the World Bank, the loan will finance a project to be implemented bythe Turkish Electricity Transmission Company (TEIAS). The project to beimplemented by TEIAS will facilitate energy at low costs. The project will alsoprovide clean and high quality energy. The Energy Community (also referred asEnergy Community of South East Europe (ECSEE) and European Energy Community(EEC)) is a community established between the European Union (EU) and a number ofthird countries in order to extend the EU internal energy market to South EastEurope and beyond. The Treaty establishing the Energy Community was signed inAthens, Greece, on October 25, 2005, and entered into force on July 1, 2006.Following are the charts wrapping up Tuesday's major economic indicators:TRLIBOR RATESTRLIBOR RATE MATURITY PERCENT Overnight 6.9900 1-Week 7.0403 1-Month 7.4191 2-Month 7.5200 3-Month 7.6863 6-Month 8.2600 9-Month 8.5797 1-Year 8.6301FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES FRIDAY TUESDAY Buying Selling Buying Selling USD 1.5190 1.5240 1.5220 1.5270 Euro 1.9330 1.9380 1.9360 1.9410 British Pound 2.35002.3800 2.3400 2.3700 Swiss Franc 1.4800 1.4900 1.4800 1.5100 ANKARA USD 1.5170 1.5270 1.5210 1.5310 Euro 1.9300 1.9450 1.9300 1.9450 British Pound 2.3380 2.38402.3330 2.3750 DAILY PERFORMANCE OF SHARES AT ISE SHARES INCREASE% 01 - AK YATIRIM ORT. 11.24 02 - PETROKENT TURIZM 10.00 03 - AVRASYA YAT.O. 10.00 04 - BOROVA YAPI (YENI) 9.62 05 -IDEALIST GYO 8.81 06 - ARENA BIL. 7.80 07 - ALTINYAG KOMBINA. 5.98 08 - COCA COLA 5.96 09 - IHLAS HOLDING 5.80 10 - GALATASARAY 5.60 SHARES DECREASE% 01 -OYAK YAT.ORT. -10.00 02 - AYEN ENERJI -5.59 03 - TRABZON SPOR -5.30 04 - A.YUNUS CESME -5.11 05 - AKFEN -3.60 06 - BESIKTAS -3.43 07 - FINANS FIN. KIR. -3.3308 - MARSHALL -3.13 09 - UNYE CIMENTO -2.83 10 - OZDERICI GYO -2.82 ISTANBUL GOLD EXCHANGE IAB TL/KG USD/OUNCE EURO/OUNCE Previous Closing 60,750.00 1,238.00 929.00 Lowest 60,400.00 1,236.00 Highest 60,725.00 1,242.00 Closing 60,725.00 1,239.50 Average Weighted Price 60,410.48 1,237.92 Transaction Amount (Kg) 31 361Number of Transactions 3 14 Transaction Volume (TL-USD-Euro) 1,872,725.00 14,367,818.00 Total Transaction Amount (Kg) 392 Total Number of Transactions17 IAB Index Previous Closing 2,847 IAB Index Today's Closing 2,849IAB Index Change (percent) 0.07(SOL-CE)
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