PodcastTurkish Lira hits record low against Euro
The Turkish Lira dipped to a record low against the Euro, trading for a whopping 8,91 liras on the unit on Sept. 15, a new record following 8.89 liras on the unit on Sept. 14.
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'Turkish lira loses four times its value in 13 years'The Turkish Lira broke a record low for its value against the Euro on Sept. 15, observing 8,91 liras on the unit for sales, a day following the record level of 8,89 liras on the euro on Sept. 14.
While the dollar sold for 7,49 liras on Sept. 14, Turkey's benchmark stock index opened at 1,110.55 points on Tuesday, rising 0.29% or 3.26 points from the previous close.
At Monday's close, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index was up 0.42% at 1,107.29 points, with a daily trading volume of 12.8 billion Turkish liras ($1.7 billion).
The US dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate fell marginally to 7.48 liras on the unit from 7.49 liras/$ at the previous close.
Meanwhile one British pound traded for 9.6550 Turkish liras, down from 9.6880
One barrel of Brent crude oil sold for around $39.49 as of 10 a.m. local time (0700GMT).
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