The death toll of Monday's earthquakes in Turkey rose to 6,234 by Wednesday morning, the Disaster Management Authority (AFAD) said. (Reporting by Azra Ceylan; Editing by Daren Butler)
Feb 8 (Reuters) - Turkey's Borsa Istanbul issued a
market-wide circuit breaker after the benchmark index dropped 5% within minutes of opening on Wednesday, continuing
losses after a devastating earthquake in the south of the
country on Monday.
The benchmark BIST-100 index opened down 0.52% and slid
rapidly to be 5% lower, issuing the market-wide circuit breaker
at 0712 GMT. Pre-market trading started at 0655 GMT.
The banking sub-index was down 4.67% when trading
was suspended on the market.
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