ISTANBUL, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Here are news, reports and
events that may affect Turkish financial markets on Friday.
The lira traded at 18.8195 against the dollar
early on Friday, little changed from Thursday's close of
18.8100.
The main BIST 100 share index closed 0.82% higher
at 4,752.24 points on Thursday.
GLOBAL MARKETS
Asian shares turned lower and the dollar regained some of
its footing on Friday, as disappointing earnings from U.S. tech
giants undermined sentiment ahead of a key U.S. non-farm
payrolls report. Overnight, markets sensed the end of the
massive global tightening cycle, after policymakers in Britain
and Europe signalled their intention to pause, sending local
bonds rallying and currencies lower.
ERDOGAN PROGRAMME
President Tayyip Erdogan will speak at an opening ceremony
in Istanbul (1200 GMT). He will then host Albanian Prime
Minister Albin Kurti (1430) and hold a joint news conference
(1700 GMT).
INFLATION DATA The Turkish Statistical Institute will announce inflation
data for January (0700 GMT). Annual inflation should drop to
53.5% in January even as prices continue jumping on a monthly
basis, according to a Reuters poll.
WESTERN AMBASSADORS SUMMONED
Turkey summoned ambassadors of nine Western countries
including the United States and Sweden on Thursday to criticise
their decisions to temporarily shut diplomatic missions and
issue security alerts following Koran-burning incidents in
Europe.
F-16 SALE TO TURKEY
The U.S. Congress cannot support the $20 billion sale of
F-16 fighter jets to Turkey until Ankara ratifies the NATO
memberships of Sweden and Finland, a bipartisan group of
senators said on Thursday.
NORWAY
Norwegian police on Thursday banned a planned anti-Islam
protest including the burning of a copy of the Koran this week
for security reasons, hours after the Turkish foreign ministry
summoned Norway's ambassador to complain.
FOREIGN MINISTER
Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu will hold a joint news
conference in Istanbul with his Argentinian counterpart (0730
GMT).
INTEREST RATES
Finance Minister Nureddin Nebati said Turkey would keep
interest rates low after elections expected in May and not
reverse course on monetary policy, according to an interview
published by Bloomberg.
UKRAINIAN RIGHTS COMMISSIONER
Ukrainian Human Rights Commissioner Dmytro Lubinets to hold
news conference with Turkey's ombudsman Seref Malkoc.
YAPI KREDI The lender said net profit surged to 52.74 billion lira
($2.8 billion) in 2023 from 10.49 billion a year earlier.
ENERGY MINISTER
Energy Minister Fatih Donmez will visit Azerbaijan for a
meeting of the Southern Gas Corridor Advisory Council (0700
GMT).
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