ISTANBUL, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Here are news, reports and
events that may affect Turkish financial markets on Thursday.
The lira traded at 18.8310 against the dollar
early on Thursday, little changed from Wednesday's close.
Istanbul's stock exchange operator suspended trading until
Feb. 15 and cancelled trades made on Wednesday, in the wake of
devastating earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria.
GLOBAL MARKETS
Asian shares tracked Wall Street lower on Thursday, as a
number of Federal Reserve speakers echoed Chair Jerome Powell in
saying that interest rates are set to go higher, capping risk
sentiment, while the dollar hovered near one-month highs.
EARTHQUAKE
President Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday admitted there were
problems with his government's initial response to a devastating
earthquake in southern Turkey, amid anger from those left
destitute and frustrated over the slow arrival of rescue teams.
BORSA ISTANBUL
Turkey's stock exchange decided to suspend trading for five
business days after major earthquakes in the country. The
trading will resume on Feb 15.
TWITTER RESTRICTION
Twitter was restricted in Turkey on Wednesday, two days
after a major earthquake claimed thousands of lives but Twitter
Chief Executive Elon Musk said full access to the social media
platform will be re-enabled "shortly".
TURKEY-SYRIA
Turkey is working on opening two more border gates with
Syria to enable flow of humanitarian aid to its earthquake-hit
neighbour, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on
Wednesday.
Separately, U.N. officials said the delivery of U.N.
humanitarian aid via Turkey to millions of people in northwest
Syria could resume on Thursday after the long-running operation
was halted by a devastating earthquake in the region.
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(Compiled by Ezgi Erkoyun)
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